The Biography of Lt. Gen. Dr. Malual Ayom Dor
February 8, 2018 (SSB) — Lt. Gen. Malual Ayom Dor started his military career in the SPLA in 1983 and progressed until he reached the rank of Lt. General. Previously Lt. Gen. Malual was the SPLA Assistant Chief of defence Force for Operations, Training and Intelligence.
Among his previous assignment is SPLA Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration & Finance, Director for Training and Research, Director for Colleges and Director for Military Production. He also commanded at different levels and has a wide range of field combat experience.
Lt. Gen. Malual holds Doctorate of Philosophy in War Studies at King’s College London, University of London, and a Master of Research degree in War Studies from King’s College London and a Master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies from Makerere University, Uganda and Bachelor degree in International Relations from United States International University Nairobi.
He has also attended specialized courses at the Universities of Oxford, Birmingham (UK) and Peking University China. He was among the first South Sudanese to train in Diplomatic practice at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations-Clingendael.
Lt. Gen. Malual attended international military training in Laws of Armed Conflict at the United Nations Institute of International Humanitarian Law, SanRemo Italy, United Senior Management Course on Peace Keeping Operations at the Norwegian Education Centre, Oslo, the United Nations Military Observers course at the Kenya Defense Staff Karen.
Lt. Gen. Malual speaks and writes English and Arabic. His research interests are centred on: conflict analysis and resolution, learning in peace agreements, Cross-border ethnicity, Intelligence in war and peace, Government and human rights violations and Chinese politics in the 21st century.
The title of his PhD Thesis is: ‘Conflict Resolution as a Learning Process: The Sudan’s People’s Liberation Army, 1983-2015’.
This research focuses on the SPLM/A in the negotiating process that eventually brought about the CPA and uses a comparative study methodology to present a precise explanatory account of the peace processes involved in the context of the implementation of the CPA and its predecessor, the Addis Ababa Agreement (AAA), signed in 1972. It takes an interpretative constructivist approach to underline the importance of studying the process by which peace agreements are made, particularly the concept of ‘learning by doing’.
During his PhD studies, he was under the supervision of the following supervisors: Primary Supervisor: Prof. Vivienne Jabri; Secondary Supervisor: Prof. Richard Schofie, according to sources from King’s College London.
The opinion expressed here is solely the view of the writer. The veracity of any claim made is the responsibility of the author, not PaanLuel Wël: South Sudanese Bloggers (SSB) website. If you want to submit an opinion article, commentary or news analysis, please email it to paanluel2011@gmail.com. PaanLuel Wël website (SSB) do reserve the right to edit or reject material before publication. Please include your full name, a short biography, email address, city and the country you are writing from.
About Post Author
