Peter Par Jiek
| Peter Par Jiek | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950s |
| Died | 9 April 2017 Near Wau, South Sudan |
| Allegiance |
SPLA (c. 1985–1991) SPLA-Nasir (1991–1993) SPLA-United (1993–1994) SSIM/A (1994–1997) SSDF (1997–2000) SPDF (2000–2002) SPLA (2002–2017)  South Sudan (2011–2017)
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| Service/branch |
 Sudan People's Liberation Army
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| Years of service | c. 1985–2017 |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Commands held | Wau State counter-insurgency forces (2014–2017) |
| Battles/wars |
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Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
South Sudanese Civil War
Peter Par Jiek (1950s – 9 April 2017) was a brigadier general of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), and veteran of the Second Sudanese Civil War. Despite being a long-time follower of Riek Machar, Par sided with President Salva Kiir Mayardit upon the outbreak of the South Sudanese Civil War in 2013. Leading pro-government counter-insurgency forces in Wau State since 2014, Par was eventually ambushed and killed by SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Machar in 2017.
Peter Par Jiek was born in the 1950s as member of the Dok subgroup of the Nuer people. He visited the Malakal secondary school and attained high school education. After the outbreak of the Second Sudanese Civil War, he joined the SPLA. In 1991, however, Par followed Riek Machar as he broke away from the SPLA, and afterwards served in Machar's various rebel groups, such as the SPLA-Nasir, SPLA-United, and SSIM/A. Eventually, Machar and Par joined the SSDF in 1997, an alliance of militias that had decided to side (for the time being) with the Sudanese government against other rebel factions. This alliance soon broke down, however, and Par fought under Tito Biel against the Sudanese Armed Forces in 1998-99 in Western Upper Nile, most notably at Leer. In May 1999, a major government offensive defeated the rebellious SSDF forces, recapturing Leer and driving the SSDF mostly from Western Upper Nile. While most of the SSDF retreated to Nyal, Par and some of his men instead moved to Tonj in Bahr el Ghazal. Machar then ordered Par to participate in the Wunlit talks with the SPLA, where he was supposed to ask the SPLA for assistance against the government; the SPLA did sent limited aid, and the SSDF consequently was able to regain some ground.
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