Jemma Nunu Kumba
The Right Honourable Jemma Nunu Kumba | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2 August 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Obuch Ojok |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 2019–2021 | |
| Minister of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism | |
| In office 2015–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Betty Ogwaro |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Changson Chang |
| Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare | |
| In office 2015–2015 | |
| Minister of Electricity, Dams, Irrigation and Water Resources | |
| In office 2013–2015 | |
| Minister of Housing, Physical Planning, and Environment | |
| In office 2010–2013 | |
| Governor of Western Equatoria | |
| In office 2008–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Abu-John Kabbashi |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Bakosoro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 8, 1966 |
| Party | SPLM |
| Spouse | Dr. Festo Kumba |
| Children | 5 |
Dr. Jemma Nunu Kumba (born 15 June 1966) is a South Sudanese politician and the current Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly since August 2021. She is the first woman to preside over South Sudan’s national legislature.
Kumba has served in several high-profile government and party roles, including Governor of Western Equatoria (2008–2010), Minister of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment (2010–2013), Minister of Electricity, Dams, Irrigation and Water Resources (2013–2015), Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare (2015), Minister of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism (2015–2019), and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (2019–2021). She was also appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in 2015.