governing the petroleum industry, imposition of sovereign powers on the oil sector and the transition of management of the oil sector from the Republic of Sudan to the Republic of South Sudan, successfully he managed to overtake the petroleum management. As the Minister of Petroleum and Mining, he developed legislation to regulate petroleum and mining activities in South Sudan, pushed for the employment of thousands of South Sudanese nationals in the oil sector, through South Sudanization program. In August 2013, he was reappointed as the Minister of Petroleum and Mining (MPM), which he held until April 2016. In April 2016, he was appointed as the Minister of Trade and Industry. Then in July 2016, he was appointed as the Minister of Finance and Planning. As the Minister of Finance and Planning, he pushed for vital fiscal reforms, robust public financial management, enforcing tough fiscal and monetary policies, strengthening cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and The World Bank Group ( WB) in the quest for revitalization of the economy of South Sudan. He reached out to international and regional financial institutions, resulted in attracting technical and financial support to South Sudan, concluding in membership in the Africa Export and Import Bank (EXIM Bank) in 2017 in Cairo - Egypt and the Southern and Eastern Africa Trade and Development Bank (TDB) in Nairobi- Kenya in 2017. Hon. Stephen Dhieu served as the Minister of Finance and Planning until March 2018. Photos See also Government of the Republic of South Sudan Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Ministry of Petroleum and Mining President Salva Kiir Mayardit South Sudan Melut County Upper Nile State References Living people Finance ministers of South Sudan Government ministers of South Sudan Sudan People's Liberation Movement politicians 1963 births Sudan University of Science and Technology alumni