Dr. Cirino Hiteng holds an MA and Ph.D. in International Relations from universities in Kenya and the United Kingdom.
[1] Dr. Cirino Hiteng Ofuho has been Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports from 26 August 2011, shortly after the Independence of South Sudan on 9 July 2011, to 23 July 2013, when President Salva Kiir relieved all ministers and re-configured the ministries.
[2] Prior to that, he was from June 2010 to August 2011 the Minister in the Office of the President, Government of Southern Sudan.
[3] During that period, he has been a permanent member of the SPLM/A Delegation to the peace negotiations in Kenya from July 2002 to January 2005.
[4][5] After signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 Dr. Cirino Hiteng was appointed as Deputy Minister of Southern Sudan’s Ministry for Regional Cooperation.