Anthony Lino Makana
Speaker of the National Legislative Assembly
In office
4 August 2016  8 December 2019
Preceded byManasseh Magok Rundial[1]
Succeeded byObuch Ojok
Personal details
NationalitySouth Sudanese
Political partySPLM

Anthony Lino Makana is a South Sudanese politician. He was the Speaker of Transitional National Legislative Assembly of South Sudan from 2016 until his resignation in 2019. He was a former Minister of Transport and Roads in the Cabinet of South Sudan. He was appointed to that position on 10 July 2011.[2]

He was appointed as the speaker of National Legislative Assembly in August 2016.[3] Makana resigned as speaker on December 8, 2019, after being accused of embezzling funds and approving a $400 million loan from AFREXIM Bank without bringing it to the house.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Rundial Hands over as Makana Takes over Assembly Speakership". Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  2. The Newly Appointed Ministers, 10 July 2011 Archived November 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "IPU PARLINE database: SOUTH SUDAN (Al-Majlis Al-Tachirii), General information".
  4. "South Sudan Legislative Speaker Forced to Resign". Voice of America. Retrieved 2019-12-10.


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