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What year did John Garang die?

  • 2005

  • 2003

  • 2007

  • 2009

Answer

John Garang, the leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, died in a helicopter crash in 2005. Garang had been instrumental in negotiating the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended the Second Sudanese Civil War. His death was a major setback to the peace process, but the agreement was eventually implemented and led to the independence of South Sudan in 2011.
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