What the office does
Presides over state organs, supervises Party structures, leads membership registration and mobilisation in the state, and is the SPLM nominee for governor in national elections.
SPLM State Chairpersons
National Congress in progress
State Chairpersons
State Chairpersons
announced soon.
The SPLM National Congress is in progress. The Chairpersons of the ten states and the three administrative areas will be published here as soon as the congress concludes.
- Central Equatoria
- Eastern Equatoria
- Western Equatoria
- Jonglei
- Unity
- Upper Nile
- Lakes
- Warrap
- Northern Bahr el Ghazal
- Western Bahr el Ghazal
- Abyei Administrative Area
- Ruweng Administrative Area
- Pibor Administrative Area
The State Chairperson heads the SPLM in a state or administrative area. He or she chairs the State Congress and the State Liberation Council, supervises the State Secretariat, carries Party policy down to counties, payams and grassroots structures, and represents the Movement in state-level leadership.
The Party is organised across ten states and three administrative areas. Each is led by a Chairperson working with a Deputy Chairperson and a State Secretary, who together run the state office and report to the National Secretariat in Juba.
Who works with them
A Deputy Chairperson who acts in the Chairperson's absence, a State Secretary as chief administrative officer, the State Secretariat staff, and the state Youth League, Women League and veterans' structures.
Reach a State Office
Contacting your State Secretariat
Every state and administrative area runs a Party office in its capital. Until each office publishes its own line, the National Secretariat in Juba will connect you.
National Secretariat, Juba
Send a message →Membership and registration
Online registration is coming soon. Until then, join at your state or county office.
Online registration →Structures below the state
County and payam secretariats report to the State Secretariat.
Counties and Payams →State office addresses, direct telephone lines and the names of Deputy Chairpersons and State Secretaries will be published here as each State Secretariat submits them to the National Secretariat.