The Government

GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE

His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC) and Head of State, is considered by his numerous followers all around Sierra Leone and in the Diaspora as The Hope of the Future.

Born October 2nd 1953 of APC pedigree in Makeni, Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma is the eldest son of seven children. He attended the Sierra Leone Church Primary School, Government Secondary School (Boys) Magburaka and Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. He graduated in 1976 from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone following which he taught at the St. Francis Secondary School in Makeni before joining the Sierra Leone National Insurance Company in 1978.

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.

H.E. Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma’s followers will readily inform that he represents the grassroots of Sierra Leone and the disadvantaged and they constantly cite his unblemished and enviable public record. Read more...

Hon. Chief Samuel Sam-Sumana is a native of Kono District in the Eastern Province of the Republic of Sierra Leone. He is the fourth son of the late Chief Samuel Sam-Sumana and Haja Sia Hawa Sam-Sumana. He was born on the 7th of April 1962 in Koidu Town, Kono District.

Vice President Sam-Sumana attended the Jaiama Secondary School in Kono and the Ahmadiya Secondary School in Freetown. He holds a Bachelor of Science (BSC) degree in Management Information System from the Metropolitan State University, Minnesota, USA. He also holds two Diplomas (Diamond Rough Grading, Sorting and Polishing) from the America Institution of Diamond Cutting and Polishing, Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA, and a Diploma (Computer Network Support Specialist) from Knoll wood Computer and Business School, St Louis Park, Minnesota, USA. Read more...

His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma

Vice President: Samuel Sam-Sumana

Ministers of State are appointed by the President and confirmed by Parliament.

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