Elijah Malok

Elijah Malok was born in 1937 in Thianwong, Central Bor. He attended Rialbek Bush School, Malek Primary School and Juba Intermediate School before joining Juba Commercial Senior Secondary School in 1959. Due to the prevailing political turmoil, he fled Southern Sudan to join the Anyanya One Movement in exile. As an active member of the movement, he was lucky to get a scholarship to further his studies, first at the Free University of the Congo and later at the Fribourg Catholic University, Switzerland, where he obtained a Masters degree in Economics (Business Administration) in 1972. From then onwards, he served the liberation struggle in varied capacities, including joining the elite of the SPLA/M. At present Malok is the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Sudan, as well as being the President of the Bank of Southern Sudan.