[1] Deng was born on 15 December 1964, in MarialBai, Aweil West County of NBG.
[citation needed] In February 2013, Akon was included on the list of officers from the Sudan People's Liberation Army to be placed on reserve status.
[2] In December 2013, Akon was detained along with ten other members of the ruling party, the SPLM, after a failed coup.
He was released on 27 December 2013 alongside the ex-minister for higher education, Peter Adwok Nyaba.
Akon, as the Speaker, received a letter dated 25 August 2022 that the Council was not permitted to pass that vote and would only be able to censure Monytuil with a three-quarter majority of the combined parliament.