A Personal Experience. He attended St. Edward’s School in the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown, then traveled to Great Britain for further education. Forgiveness and Future Hopes Kabbah instead chose another alternative: protection by a West African peacekeeping force called ECOMOG (Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group). Sankoh was returned to Sierra Leone, where he spoke out against the atrocities committed by the rebels. FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's anti-corruption commission could issue a warrant for the arrest of former President Ernest Bai Koroma after he failed to comply with a … Sierra Leone became a republic under the Constitution of 1971 and the Monarch and Governor-General were replaced by an ceremonial President, a year later it became an executive Presidency. Religion: Muslim. FREETOWN-(MaraviPost)-He became the world’s youngest Head of State in 1992 when he seized power in Sierra Leone, three days after his 25th birthday.Capt. Life’s Work After the passage of the Statute of Westminster 1931, the Governor-General was appointed solely on the advice of the Cabinet of Sierra Leone without the involvement of the British government. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah returned home to his native Sierra Leone to retire after a career with the United Nations as an economist, but was drafted into the country’s movement toward a multiparty democracy during the mid-1990s. The civilian government was restored so was the 1991 Constitution and the Members of Parliament and the President. Kabbah returned to Sierra Leone in March of 1998, followed by an official announcement from United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan heralding the event as a positive step for the future of Sierra Leone and the stability of West Africa. Mr. Bio’s victory in Sierra Leone resembles, in some ways, that of Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president since 2015, according to Mr. Lavali. Bio was the SLPP presidential candidate in the 2012 presidential election, but he received 37% of the votes as he was defeated by the incumbent president Ernest Bai Koroma who won 58% of the votes. Politics: Sierra Leone People’s Party. However, as Cameron Duodu explained in the Mail & Guardian, Kabbah “did not want to implement the agreement. The people hate him.” The citizens of Sierra Leone realized that they had few alternatives. Maada Bio is an ethnic Sherbro and a practicing Roman Catholic Christian. The monarch was represented in Sierra Leone by a Governor-General. From 1988 to 2002, he was the managing director of the Reliance Insurance Trust Corporation (Ritcorp). Sierra Leone’s finance laws do not authorize the wife of a sitting president to directly receive or use any public funds to undertake a social activity or public campaign. I hate him. Bio justified his actions as a means to return Sierra Leone to a democratically elected civilian government and end the Sierra Leone civil war. President Bio first married Fatima Jabbe in the UK in 2013 before he became President. Koroma moved over to the Reliance Insurance Trust Corporation (Ritcorp) in 1985 and became its Managing Director in 1988, a position he outstandingly held up to the March 2002 Elections. As Kabbah told reporter Angella Johnson from the Johannesburg, South Africa daily the Mail & Guardian about this second career, “I don’t regret it [becoming president] because I believed at the time that I had contributed to peace and stability in my country in the very short time that I was there,” Kabbah said. “I now feel that I have a moral duty to my people because maybe they were looking for someone like me to begin the process of economic development.”, As the SLPP candidate, Kabbah was declared the victor in the country’s first multi-party elections in March of 1996. President Julius Maada Bio Addresses World’s Largest Mining Investment Event, Calls for Trustworthy and Patient Investors to Sierra Leone. Bio was the presidential candidate of the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party. Julius Maada Wonie Bio (born May 12, 1964) is a Sierra Leonean politician, and the 5th and current president of Sierra Leone since April 4, 2018. The African captives on board the Amistad slave ship, who mutinied and attempted to return to Africa in the 1840s, but instead were tricked into U.S. waters and arrested, hailed from Sierra Leone. We have an elected President called Julius Maada Bio, but as it is, it is his wife, Fatima Bio controlling power in Sierra Leone. Elected president of Sierra Leone, March, 1996, and March, 1998; serves as minister of defense of Sierra Leone. Bio is a retired Brigadier in the Sierra Leone Military. The dawn of independence also launched the start of 17 years of unrest, and Sierra Leone was declared a one-party state in 1978. Under the 1971 Constitution, the first constitution of the Republic of Sierra Leone, the President replaced the Monarch as ceremonial head of state a year later the Presidency became an executive head of state, The President was elected by Parliament for a four-year term. There were also problems within the Sierra Leonean army, many of whom were supporters of the RUF. He made this statement on Thursday 4th February 2021 during the first presidential award for best performing ministries at State House in Freetown. In the event of a vacancy the Chief Justice served as Officer Administering the Government. A spokesperson for the rebel government, Lt. Col. Gibril Massaquri, said only that same month that Kabbah was “a criminal… You do not understand,” the Christian Science Monitor quoted Massaquri as stating. Kabbah, a Muslim, was about to leave the house for morning prayers at the mosque that day in May, but fortunately kept in touch with the military through a special radio. The Governor-General was the representative of the monarch in Sierra Leone and exercised most of the powers of the Monarch. Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh Vice-President. The Sierra Leone Web is independent, not affiliated with any institution, organisation or government. The fund will support micro, small and medium-sized businesses that are struggling to gain access to finance for growth and expansion, which… “Both leaders furiously studied their documents until just moments before the signing as they sat next to one another on a raised stage,” reported the New York Times about the ceremony in Lome, Togo. He quickly learned that the rebels had seized control of the government, and was flown to safety in neighboring Guinea. After two decades with the United Nations, Kabbah retired and returned to Sierra Leone. In his tribute to the late former President … Kabbah was born in 1932 in the Kailahun District. “Residents cleaned up the streets, and flags, streamers and banners decorated the city.”, Only one month prior to Kabbah’s return, retreating AFRC and RUF forces had laid waste to Freetown, setting fire to buildings and automobiles. A constitution was ratified in 1991 and elections scheduled, but a coup in April of 1992 led to a reinstatement of military rule. The president of Sierra Leone discusses how his country is recovering from years of conflict and government corruption. Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio made international headlines when he declared rape and sexual violence a national emergency earlier this year. Valentine Strasser became a leading member of a group of six equally young fellow officers, who overthrew president Joseph Saidu Momoh in the April 29, 1992, military coup. Early in 1999, Kabbah asked the United Nations to help forge a peace agreement between his government and the AFRC/RUF. Another group, the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), was also instrumental in this military action. The Peninsula Mountains rise from the coastal swamps and reach some 2,900 feet (880 metres) at Picket Hill. She attended Annie Walsh Memorial school and completed post-graduate in Bio-Chemistry at London University. Former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma is among the Persons of Interest that the Biobele Commission of Inquiry indicted in its Report and recommended actions that must be instituted against them some of which the SLPP Led Government, headed by President Julius Maada Bio accepted as indicated in the Government White Paper. Valentine Strasser is now said to be living in poverty. They asked for a large sum of money for a protection deal, which “would have provided Kabbah and his most senior Cabinet members with a paramilitary anti-riot force of about 500 men and a two-man intelligence unit (staffed by South Africans) who would have been based at military headquarters to give early warning of any coup plots,” explained Mail & Guardian journalists Khareen Pech and Yusuf Hassan. Executive Outcomes, a private security company that took much of credit for the stability in Sierra Leone before the coup, had warned Kabbah of the potential for such an insurgency. Happy Independence Day to fellow Sierra Leoneans in Sierra Leone and around the world. Sierra Leone is a strife-torn, but mineral-rich West African nation with an area of 28,000 square miles and a population of five million people. In 1996, he was elected president in Sierra Leone’s first free elections since its independence. The succession to the throne was the same as the succession to the British throne. The president of the country is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Sierra Leone. Bio’s wife, Fatima Bio is a practicing Muslim and a Gambian national, though she grew up in Kono District in Sierra Leone; and her mother was born in Kono District, Sierra Leone and her father is a Gambian native. Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio today exchanged wedding vows with the First Lady Fatima Bio at the St. Paul’s Seminary Chapel in Freetown for the second time. Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 September 2020: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone is now out of the country for over two weeks without any update from State House about his health, welfare or whereabouts. Sierra Leone eventually became a colony for freed slaves under British protection, and the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) became the dominant political party in the 1950s. Valentine Strasser led a coup d'état which overthrew President Momoh and his government, again dissolving all political parties and the Parliament. Help from Nigeria In the event of a vacancy the Vice-President served as Acting President. The rebels seized the diamond-mine regions of Sierra Leone after driving a Mercedes car into the gates of the country’s largest prison and freeing the inmates, many of whom were political detainees. From 1961 to 1971 the head of state under the Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 was the Queen of Sierra Leone Elizabeth II, who was also the Monarch of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. Mr. … The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone is seems to be missing and this is causing serious unrest in different social media platforms in the country, more especially Facebook. The president is elected through direct adult suffrage in a popular vote to serve a five-year term subject to o… Bio and Fatima were married in 2013 in London in an interfaith wedding ceremony that was held in a Church and a Mosque prayer services in London. Bio fulfilled his promise to return Sierra Leone to democracy; and he handed power to Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of the SLPP following Kabbah’s victory in the 1996 presidential election. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Maada_Bio. More information about Sierra Leone is available on the Sierra Leone Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet. “I shall sign it as president of Sierra Leone, but more importantly I shall sign it for the thousands of children of Sierra Leone,” the president was reported as saying by the New York Times. Sierra Leone's government barred Koroma from leaving the country last month, after anti-corruption investigators announced they wanted a hearing with the former president. Its parent organization, ECOWAS (West African Economic Community), is a 16-nation consortium of West African nations. Bio succeeded Ernes… In mid-1998, Sierra Leoneans who collaborated with the AFRC/RUF forces were tried for treason. The country achieved its independence in 1961. This is a list of the heads of state of Sierra Leone, from the independence of the Sierra Leone in 1961 to the present day. He is a retired Brigadier General in the Sierra Leone Army and was the military Head of State of Sierra Leone from January 16, 1996, to March 29, 1996, under a military Junta government. “Kabbah is irrelevant. Julius Maada Bio is a Sierra Leonean politician, and the 5th and current president of Sierra Leone since April 4, 2018. The Governor-General was appointed for an indefinite term, serving at the pleasure of the Monarch. However, the mood within Sierra Leone remained tense. Ernest is married to Sia Koroma and they have two children. Economic sanctions had brought hardship to Sierra Leoneans, and basic necessities were becoming increasingly scarce. In the early 1970s, Kabbah was hired by the United Nations and served as a developmental economist for a number of years. The Sierra Leone Civil War was an armed conflict in the West African country of Sierra Leone from 1991 t0 2002. 1. Years of Unrest At Kabbah’s side was a young girl whose arm had been amputated during the civil war. Bio was the presidential candidate of the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party. When the civilian government was restored so was the 1991 Constitution and in the 1996 elections the SLPP won the election for most seats in Parliament and the Presidential election. The president, in the capacity as head of government, wields executive authority and is responsible for the appointing the vice president, as well as the cabinet ministers. In October of 1997, the AFRC and RUF finally agreed to leave and to return rightful power to Kabbah. The agreement granted amnesty to many of the rebels, and offered a power-sharing role for the RUF, giving them four posts in the cabinet. Education: Received degree from University College of Wales. A New Era Born Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, on February 16, 1932, in Pendembu, Kailahun District, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone; married; wife’s name, Patricia Tucker. Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 February 2021: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone yesterday announced a new Le100 Billion National Enterprise Development Fund, at a well-attended event in the northern town of Magburaka. However, the ongoing civil strife that had plagued Sierra Leone in recent times did not end. Born and raised in Makeni in northern Sierra Leone, Koroma spent more than 24 years working in the private insurance industry before entering politics in 2002. Sierra Leone: High-Level Delegation From Guinea Meets Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio, Presents Letter From President Conde 8 February 2021 Government of Sierra Leone … Instead he remained in his own home, and lived on his United Nations pension. There are three living former Sierra Leonean Heads of State: Sierra Leone presidents and head of state by tribes, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Sierra_Leone&oldid=998243254, Lists of political office-holders in Sierra Leone, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, This page was last edited on 4 January 2021, at 13:26. The Sierra Leone Peninsula, which is the site of Freetown, is a region of thickly wooded mountains that run parallel to the sea for about 25 miles (40 km). Many government soldiers welcomed RUF forces into Freetown when a coup ousted Kabbah from office in May of 1997. The couple have one child together that was born in London. Bio led a military coup in Sierra Leone on January 16, 1996, ousting his close friend and the leader of the NPRC junta government, Captain Valentine Strasser. The Koroma children are currently pursuing studies in the UK . Electricity and telephone services had been shut down while the AFRC/RUF junta remained in power. The president is a title enshrined in the constitution which dictates that the president is the head of state as well as head of government. The reason is that the RUF’s brand of terrorism–amputating the limbs of villagers to coerce them into supporting it– horrified a lot of the middle-class people on whom Kabbah depended for support.”. The 1978 Constitution proclaimed Sierra Leone as a one-party state, the President was elected for a seven-year term and can only serve two terms, then in 1991 a new Constitution was made to end the status as a one-party state, the President now serves a five-year term and can only serve two terms. This is a list of the heads of state of Sierra Leone, from the independence of the Sierra Leone in 1961 to the present day. He refused to accept his salary, and did not even live in the presidential mansion, which overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. Among the president’s listed expenses were a cash withdrawal on December 4, 2020, of Le550,060,520.52 (US$53,908) from the Local and Overseas Travel Account held at the Bank of Sierra Leone to be used as per diem by the president for a three-day working visit to Gabon. General Joseph Momoh became president in 1985, and a movement to create a multi-party democracy gained momentum. PlanetRulers - Current Heads of State & Dictators. The war began on March 23, 1991, when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) under Foday Sankoh, with support of Liberian rebel leader Charles Taylor and his group, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NFPL), attempted to overthrow the government of Sierra Leonean President … As African Business’s Dexter Jerome Smith remarked, Kabbah’s decision was a difficult but timely one, for it hailed “a significant if somewhat surprising turn of events on the African continent: Africans sorting out African problems; the region policing itself rather than being policed from outside.”. Nearly all citizens are from one of thirteen tribes, with Temne and Mende the largest of them. Later that year, Kabbah heeded warnings from his military advisers and ordered the execution of 24 collaborators. An astute business man and a Chartered Insurer, Koroma is also a Fellow of the West African Insurance Institute (WAICA), an Associate of the Institute of Risk Management in the UK and a Member of the Institute of Directors in the UK. In November of 1996 he signed the Abidjan (Nigeria) Accord, which was also signed by rebel leader Sankoh. By Francis H. Murray Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister, Professor David Francis says President Julius Maada Bio has officially given a directive to abolish the death penalty from the country’s statutes. However, the peace accord fell apart when the AFRC and RUF objected to demands that they disarm. Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Former President of Sierra Leone. Sia Koroma is from Kono District, Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Julius Maada Wonie Bio (born May 12, 1964) is a Sierra Leonean politician, and the 5th and current president of Sierra Leone since April 4, 2018. He defeated Samura Kamara of the ruling All People’s Congress in the runoff vote of the 2018 Sierra Leone presidential election with 51.8% of the votes to Kamara”s 48.2%. Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 September 2020: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone is now out of the country for over two weeks without any update from State House about his health, welfare or whereabouts. Religion: Muslim. Called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn), London; district commander for Moyamba, Kono, Bombali and Kambia Districts in Sierra Leone; Ministry of Social Welfare, Freetown, Sierra Leone, deputy secretary; Ministry of Education, Freetown, permanent secretary; Ministry of Trade and Industry, Freetown, permanent secretary; joined staff of United Nations; served as UNDP representative in Lesotho, 1973, Tanzania and Uganda, 1976, and Zimbabwe, 1980; appointed head of Eastern and Southern Africa Division in the United Nations, 1979; served as deputy personnel director and director of the Division of Administration and Management, 1981. The Prodigal President Restoring order to the country after several years of civil strife was his first duty as president.
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