However, the peace accord fell apart when the AFRC and RUF objected to demands that they disarm. Bio was the presidential candidate of the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party. Ernest Bai Koroma, the Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), is considered by his numerous followers all around Sierra Leone and in the Diaspora as The Hope of the Future. In October of 1997, the AFRC and RUF finally agreed to leave and to return rightful power to Kabbah. 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. 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. 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. Fled After Bloody Coup Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Visits Adamus Resources Mines, Expresses Desire to have Similar Facility in Sierra Leone. Career Elected president of Sierra Leone, March, 1996, and March, 1998; serves as minister of defense of Sierra Leone. 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. Accra, Ghana, Wednesday 27 January 2021 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has attended the state funeral of the late Flt Lt Jerry J. Rawlings, the first President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana who passed away on 12 November 2020, aged 73. Sankoh was returned to Sierra Leone, where he spoke out against the atrocities committed by the rebels. Maada Bio is an ethnic Sherbro and a practicing Roman Catholic Christian. 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. She attended Annie Walsh Memorial school and completed post-graduate in Bio-Chemistry at London University. From 1988 to 2002, he was the managing director of the Reliance Insurance Trust Corporation (Ritcorp). 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 … General Joseph Momoh became president in 1985, and a movement to create a multi-party democracy gained momentum. Life’s Work Julius Maada Bio 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. Returning to his homeland, Kabbah served as commander for several districts in Sierra Leone before joining the country’s Ministry of Social Welfare as a deputy secretary. In the event of a vacancy the Vice-President served as Acting President. There were also problems within the Sierra Leonean army, many of whom were supporters of the RUF. However, as Cameron Duodu explained in the Mail & Guardian, Kabbah “did not want to implement the agreement. 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%. Photos and bios of the current Heads of State, Dictators and First Ladies. 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. “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. 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. Meanwhile, Sankoh had been captured by ECOMOG, and there was talk that the rebel leader would become Kabbah’s deputy in an attempt to forge a new, pluralistic era for the country. In 1996, he was elected president in Sierra Leone’s first free elections since its independence. Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh Vice-President. Mr. … Nearly all citizens are from one of thirteen tribes, with Temne and Mende the largest of them. Koroma earned a bachelor's degree from Fourah Bay College in 1976; and is an insurance agent by profession. 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. Instead he remained in his own home, and lived on his United Nations pension. 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. 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. 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. 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. The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels, led by Foday Sankoh, were instrumental in this event. At Kabbah’s side was a young girl whose arm had been amputated during the civil war. After two decades with the United Nations, Kabbah retired and returned to 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. Bio has three children, all three born in the United States from a previous marriage. PlanetRulers - Current Heads of State & Dictators. In the event of a vacancy the Vice-President served as Acting President. Bio is also the second Sierra Leonean president to have previously served in the Sierra Leone military. Bio was the presidential candidate of the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party. The Sierra Leone Civil War was an armed conflict in the West African country of Sierra Leone from 1991 t0 2002. The Peninsula Mountains rise from the coastal swamps and reach some 2,900 feet (880 metres) at Picket Hill. Education: Received degree from University College of Wales. Sierra Leone:- Proposed Ebola back to school Action Plan. Valentine Strasser is now said to be living in poverty. 1. The President of Sierra Leone and Commander-in -chief of the Republic of Sierra Leone Military Forces, is actually Her Excellency Fatima Jabbie Bio. 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. 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. Major Johnny Koroma led a coup d'état which overthrew President Kabbah and his government, dissolving all political parties and the Parliament. Sankoh was made the equivalent of vice president and head of a task force on national reconstruction. The U.S. and Sierra Leone enjoy […] 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. The president of Sierra Leone discusses how his country is recovering from years of conflict and government corruption. He refused to accept his salary, and did not even live in the presidential mansion, which overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. Bio is a retired Brigadier in the Sierra Leone Military. 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. 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). Its parent organization, ECOWAS (West African Economic Community), is a 16-nation consortium of West African nations. He quickly learned that the rebels had seized control of the government, and was flown to safety in neighboring Guinea. People of Sierra Leone are quite right to be concerned. 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. Born Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, on February 16, 1932, in Pendembu, Kailahun District, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone; married; wife’s name, Patricia Tucker. 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. A Personal Experience. Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabba: Two Decades Of Conflict and Democracy in 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. 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. 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. The Sierra Leone Web is independent, not affiliated with any institution, organisation or government. The succession to the throne was the same as the succession to the British throne. 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. He attended St. Edward’s School in the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown, then traveled to Great Britain for further education. In his tribute to the late former President … In 1999, it was estimated that almost half that number had been forced to flee to neighboring countries as a result of the civil war. In the event of a vacancy the Chief Justice served as Officer Administering the Government. 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. 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%. Religion: Muslim. U.S.-SIERRA LEONE RELATIONS The United States established diplomatic relations with Sierra Leone in 1961, following its independence from the United Kingdom. From there, he served as permanent secretary in the ministries of education and of trade and industry. Politics: Sierra Leone People’s Party. 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. The country achieved its independence in 1961. After earning his degree from the University College of Wales, he was admitted to the Bar of Gray’s Inn in London. Sia Koroma is from Kono District, Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Later that year, Kabbah heeded warnings from his military advisers and ordered the execution of 24 collaborators. Religion: Muslim. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Maada_Bio. 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. However, the mood within Sierra Leone remained tense. 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. Economic sanctions had brought hardship to Sierra Leoneans, and basic necessities were becoming increasingly scarce. After a 1997 coup, Kabbah was forced to flee the country for several months, but returned to its capital, Freetown, in 1998 to great fanfare. Politics: Sierra Leone People’s Party. “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. 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. 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.
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