Emelda Modi Benerato

Emelda Modi Benerato (d. 2021) was a South Sudanese politician.

Emelda Modi hailed from Akobo County.[1] Emelda Modi was appointed member of the National Assembly of Sudan by presidential decree in August 2005.[2] She stood as a National Assembly candidate on the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) women's list in Jonglei State in the 2010 elections, and was elected.[3]

After the independence of South Sudan in 2011, the former South Sudanese members of the National Assembly of Sudan were inducted into the National Legislative Assembly of South Sudan.[4] The members of the National Legislative Assembly had their mandates extended in August 2016 as the Transitional National Legislative Assembly was instituted.[5] In May 2021 Emelda Modi was appointed to the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly, as a SPLM representative.[6] She died on June 22, 2021 in Khartoum, at the age of 57.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "South Sudan lawmaker dies in Khartoum". Sudans Post. June 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "مرسوم جمهوري رقم (24) بتخصيص مقاعد المجلس الوطني في الهيئة التشريعية القومية". Sudaress. January 27, 2008.
  3. ^ National Election Commission. ولاية جونقلي Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "South Sudan parliament's first sitting fails over internal power wrangling". Sudan Tribune. August 5, 2011.
  5. ^ "SOUTH SUDAN - Al-Majlis Al-Tachirii (Transitional National Legislative Assembly)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. July 17, 2018.
  6. ^ Mariak Bol (May 19, 2021). "Members of the Parliament of South Sudan". Talk of Juba.
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