Jarvis Yak

Yak was the Irrigation and Hydro- electric Power minister{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pRs6AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Jarvis+Yak%22+-wikipedia |title=Political Handbook and Atlas of the World |date=1967 |publisher=Harper & Row |language=en}} before joining the Third Sudanese Sovereignty Council (10 June 1965–25 May 1969) as to represent the Southern Sudan region,{{Cite web |title=هل ستختار نداء السودان ممثل لشرق السودان ام سيغيب الشرق ايضا عن المجلس السيادي السادس ؟ – النيلين |url=https://www.alnilin.com/13069534.htm |access-date=2024-03-03 |language=ar}}{{Cite web |date=2019-02-05 |title=بالتفصيل .. الرؤساء ومجالس السيادة الذين تعاقبوا على الحكم في السودان (1956م – 2019م) - سودافاكس |url=https://sudafax.com/137466/%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%81%d8%b5%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a4%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%88%d9%85%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b0%d9%8a |access-date=2024-03-03 |language=ar}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-05 |title=قراءة في مواقفهم إزاء المفكر السوداني الانساني محمود محمد طه {{!}} المدائن بوست ALMADAYIN POST |url=https://almadayinpost.com/13620.html |access-date=2024-03-03 |language=ar}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tzLjAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jarvis+Yak%22+-wikipedia |title=Afrique contemporaine |date=1967 |publisher=Documentation française |language=fr}} which consisted of five members, and its members were amended twice to include Yak in 27 May 1968.{{Cite web |title=مجلس السيادة الرابع 1967-1969 م » Présidence de la République - Palais présidentiel |url=https://www.presidency.gov.sd/fre/page/Fourth-sovereignty-Council-1967-1969 |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=www.presidency.gov.sd}}{{Cite web |title=Sudan (The): Sovereignty Council: 1964-1969 - Archontology |url=https://www.archontology.org/nations/sudan/00_1964_69_scs.php |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=www.archontology.org}} The council that came after general parliamentary elections in 1965, the third in the history of Sudan, as it replaced the Second Sudanese Sovereignty Council, which was managing the country’s affairs for a transitional period after the overthrow of the rule of Lieutenant General Ibrahim Abboud. The Chairman of the Sovereignty Council was Ismail al-Azhari.{{Cite web |title=Heads of State |url=http://zarate.eu/sudan.htm |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Zarate}} The Council was dissolved after Lieutenant General Jaafar al-Numeiri's 1969 coup against power, who in turn formed the Revolutionary Command Council, which replaced the Sovereignty Council.{{Cite web |title=Fourth sovereignty Council 1967-1969 |url=https://www.presidency.gov.sd/page/Fourth-sovereignty-Council-1967-1969}}{{Cite web |last=sabdrat |date=2001-11-30 |title=صحيفة المجهر السياسي السودانية - التَملمُلْ من رأس الدولة .. إلى (رأس الميَّة) |url=https://elmeghar.com/archives/3155 |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=صحيفة المجهر السياسي السودانية |language=ar}}

During Jaafar Nimeiry era, Yak served as the Governor of Khartoum,{{Cite web |title=إدْوارد لِينو جَدَلُ العِلاقة بيْن جَنوب وشَمال السّودان (2-3) |url=https://www.alttahrer.com/archives/46865 |access-date=2024-03-03}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q59MAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Jarvis+Yak%22+-wikipedia |title=Mideast Mirror |date=1968 |language=en}} being the only southern Sudanese to hold the position.{{Cite web |title=على مشارف مائة عام من ثورة 1924.. السودانوية ترياق العنصرية: نحو آفاق جديدة للبناء الوطني «3-1» – صحيفة التغيير السودانية , اخبار السودان |url=https://www.altaghyeer.info/ar/2023/10/16/%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%85%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%81-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%ab%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%a9-1924-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%88%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%88%d9%8a%d8%a9/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |language=ar}}{{Cite web |last=Dabanga |date=2018-06-22 |title=ياسر عرمان: على مشارف مائة عام من ثورة 1924م - السودانوية ترياق العنصرية - نحو آفاق جديدة للبناء الوطني (1-3) |url=https://www.dabangasudan.org/ar/all-news/article/%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%b1-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%85%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%81-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%ab%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%a9-1924%d9%85 |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Dabanga Radio TV Online |language=ar}}

Yak was a close friend of John Garang. Garang wrote to Yak before his execution "Do not be sad, my friend, for it is like a plane landing in the open sea".

Jarvis Yak son, Anthony, was born in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal and a member of the Supreme Committee for Supporting the Referendum in the South and a leader in the National Congress Party.{{Cite web |last=al-Siddig |first=Adil |date=2010-09-09 |title=عرمان: الزمن المتبقي كاف لإجراء الاستفتاء |url=https://www.raya.com/2010/09/09/%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%8A-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81-%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81/}} His daughter, Mary Jarvis Yak was educated at the University of Khartoum before becoming a politician in South Sudan.{{Cite web |last=Hamed |first=Sara |date=2020-09-03 |title=الواثق كمير يكتب: مَنصُور خَالِدْ.. رَحَلَ عَنَّا: فريدُ عَصْرِهِ ونسيجٌ وَحدَهُ! |url=https://www.assayha.net/43241/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=صحيفة الصيحة |language=ar}}{{Cite web |last=SudanTribune |date=2013-04-21 |title=S. Sudan says will pay employees two months salaries after uncertainty |url=https://sudantribune.com/article45457/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Sudan Tribune |language=en-US}} Constantine Jarvis Yak, Yak's son, is the parliamentary representative for the Sudanese-African Parties Bloc in the Sudanese National Council.{{Cite web |title=www.hornofafrica.de |url=http://87.106.4.224/archive%20texte/arabic/2006_arb/08_aug_2006/aug22_au-in-sudan_sud.htm |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=87.106.4.224}} His granddaughter, Elizabeth Constantine Jarvis Yak, was part of the Southern Students Association at the University of Khartoum before South Sudan independence.{{Cite web |last=Ubaida |first=Abu |date=2010-08-08 |title=حفيدة أول محافظ جنوبي للخرطوم..قرنق هو الشخص الوحيد في تاريخ السودان الذي استطاع تشخيص الأزمة السودانية وإيجاد حلول لها |url=https://www.alrakoba.net/43401/%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%82-%D9%87%D9%88-%D8%A7/ |website=Alrakoba}}

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