Elizabeth Acuei Yol

Elizabeth Acuei Yol is a South Sudanese politician, appointed as minister of health by President Salva Kiir Mayardit in 2020.

Career
In 2020, Acuei met with a Chinese medical expert team in South Sudan and received from them newly arrived medical donations for South Sudan during a critical moment in the global fight against the COVID-19 virus. In the same year, through the African Regional Certification Commission for Poliomyelitis Eradication (ARCC), she declared South Sudan free of the polio virus.

Olushayo Olu, the World Health Organization representative in south Sudan paid a courtesy call on Acuei on 27 April 2020

In March 2022, she was removed from office by Mayardit, and replaced as health minister with Awel Deng, a lawmaker representing SPLA-IO in the peace parliament.

Controversies
As health minister, Acuei suspended undersecretary Victoria Anib and replaced her with Samson Paul Baba without publicizing the investigation or reason.

After three months, Acuei revoked the suspension after Mayardit and First Vice President Riek Machar requested that the minister reconcile with Anib.