Isaiah Kulang

Isaiah Kulang was born in Yirol in 1930 to a local chief. His early education started in 1944 at Tonj Elementary School a British colonial authority's school. In 1951, he enrolled for junior secondary school in Rumbek and was later transferred to Khartoum  by the government following the 1955 mutiny by Southern Sudanese soldiers. Kulang earned a Diploma in Public Administration from the Institute of Public Administration, Khartoum, in 1965 and an advanced diploma in Wildlife Management at Mweka College, Tanzania (1966-1968).[3] He started his public service career as an Assistant Game Reservation Officer, Khartoum Zoo in 1959 and rose to the rank of Inspector of Game Reservation overseeing Dindeer Park in Blue Nile Province, Juba in Equatoria Province in 1960 when he left civil service for politics.

Kulang joined politics in 1960 and secured his first political appointment in 1973 as Commissioner for Bahr el Ghazal Province, Wau overseeing the building of Jur River Bridge in Wau. In 1978 Kulang won election to the Second People's Regional Assembly, Juba. He became speaker of the house on 18 July 1979 until 14 February 1980 when President Nimeiri dissolved the Assembly.[4] He was re-elected to the third regional assembly in 1980 and appointed to High Executive Council as Minister for Communications, Transport and Roads in 1980. Kulang won re-election to the fourth assembly in 1981.[5] Kulang was imprisoned in Kober alongside his colleagues in Executive Committee in December 1981 by President Nimeiri following a warning letter written to him of consequences of violation of the constitution and the self-government act of 1972.  He served as a Deputy Governor in Bahr el Ghazal, Wau in 1988. Kulang died in 2015 at a Khartoum hospital.[6]