sentences:  In June 2011, Haroun defeated Abdelaziz al-Hilu of the SPLA to become the governor of South Kordofan in an election rejected by the SPLA as rigged.On 12 July 2013 Haroun, along with the Governor of North Kordofan, resigned.In a presidential decree Omar al-Bashir reappointed Haroun as Governor of North Kordofan until 23 February 2019.