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Dhel Gatlouk JOUR CHOL

Mount Pleasant - Sioux Falls Cemetery
Minnehaha County,
South Dakota

Dhel Gatluak Jour Chol
August 1, 1971 - June 26, 2020
Name: Dhel Gatluak Jour Chol, Legal Advisor
Date of birth: August 1, 1971
Married to Mrs. Angelina James Rambang Taay
Children: Lokmaly, Nyaluak, Jiay

Lawyer Dhel Gatluak was born in Adok Elbahr in a village called Toloung in early 1971 shortly after Addiss Ababa agreement between the Government of Sudan and southern Sudan liberation movement Anyanya 1.

His father Mr. Gatluak Jour Chol and Mother Mrs. Nyakacha Biel Thiep were known in their village as independent cattle keepers and seasonal farmers. Dhel acquired from a very early age the principle of discipline, ambition, courage and treating all human beings equally and fairly from his parents. From a very early age he enjoyed the company of elders and he was more mature than his siblings and the children of his age.

He attended first grade and second class in Leer primary school; a well-known established institution of learning in Western Upper Nile region at the time.

In early 1984 he moved to Malakal, the capital of Upper Nile Region with his brother James Tiong Gatluak, a businessman and philanthropist, after the inception of Sudan people Liberation Movement SPLM/SPLA, while in Malakal he attended third and fourth grade in Thoora Bander primary school.

In 1986 the family relocated to Sudanese capital Khartoum and Dhel gained an intermediate school certificate from Arkwit Algadima (Bile)

In 1991 he enrolled in Khartoum El Gadeem a secondary school, the oldest high school in Khartoum. During that period, it was very difficult for him for the fact that he is a person that expressed his views openly without fear. After successfully obtaining a Sudan high school certificate he decided to attend school of law in Mumbai India in early 1995 and after completing his Bachelor degree in law he migrated to the United States of America and settled in Tucson, Arizona where he worked in office of legal counselor.

He vocally advocated with the help of Congressman Raul Grivi, from his state of Arizona for the independence of South Sudan from the North. He used to travel to Washington DC with others from the South Sudanese community members (Lost Boys) to lobby for South Sudan independence.

He was not physically involved in the war of liberation of South Sudan between 1983-2005, however he contributed enormously with his activism and other means possible.

After the signing of Comprehensive Peace Agreement, he returned home willingly and left the comfortable life in the USA to help and participate in establishment of rule of law in his beloved country South Sudan. In 2008 he was appointed as an assistant legal councilor at the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in the Republic of South Sudan. And he was deployed to Kodok Upper Nile as assistant legal councilor.

In 2010 he worked as legal councilor at the ministry of Trade and Investment in Juba.

In 2014 he returned back to the United Sates and he was very disappointed as the conflict raged in his beloved country of South Sudan. Dhel was in disbelief when his country was descending back into a civil war after independence. He was very critical and advocated against all forms of injustice, corruption, and abuse of human rights.

On June 26, 2020, he passed away peacefully due to cardiac arrest with his wife and children by his side in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Contributed on 11/27/21 by 9katz
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Submitted: 11/27/21 • Approved: 12/9/21 • Last Updated: 12/12/21 • R273204-G0-S3

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