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|incumbent = [[Jacob Jusu Saffa]]
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This is a list of '''heads of government of Sierra Leone''', from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1954 until the present day. The office of Prime Minister was abolished after the [[1978 Sierra Leonean constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum in 1978]], and reinstated in 2018 with the appointment of [[David J. Francis (politician)|David J. Francis]] as Chief Minister.
This is a list of '''heads of government of Sierra Leone''', from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1954 until the present day. The office of Prime Minister was abolished after the [[1978 Sierra Leonean constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum in 1978]], and reinstated in 2018 with the appointment of [[David J. Francis (politician)|David J. Francis]] as Chief Minister.


==List of officeholders==
==Chief minister of Sierra Leone Protectorate==
;Political parties
{{legend|{{party color|Gabonese Democratic Party}}|[[Sierra Leone People's Party]] (SLPP)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend|#FF0000|[[All People's Congress]] (APC)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;Other factions
{{legend|{{party color|Independent politician}}|[[Independent politician|Independent]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;Symbols
{{note label|†|†|†}} Died in office

===Chief minister of Sierra Leone Protectorate===
{{Main|Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate}}
In 1953, Sierra Leone was granted local ministerial powers and [[Milton Margai]] was made Chief Minister and later prime minister. A new constitution ensured Sierra Leone a parliamentary system within the Commonwealth of Nations and was formally adopted in 1958.

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! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |Political party
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! Time in office
! Time in office
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sierra Leone People's Party}}; color:white"|1
! style="background:{{party color|Sierra Leone People's Party}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|90px]]
| [[Milton Margai|Sir Milton Margai]]<br />{{small|(1895–1964)}}
| [[Milton Margai|Sir Milton Margai]]<br />{{small|(1895–1964)}}
| [[1951 Sierra Leonean general election|1951]]<br />[[1957 Sierra Leonean general election|1957]]
| 9 July 1954
| {{nowrap|9 July}} 1954
| 14 August 1958
| {{nowrap|14 August}} 1958
| {{Age in years and days|1954|7|9|1958|8|14}}
| {{Age in years and days|1954|7|9|1958|8|14}}
| [[Sierra Leone People's Party]]
| [[Sierra Leone People's Party|SLPP]]
|}
|}


==Prime minister of Sierra Leone Protectorate==
===Prime minister of Sierra Leone Protectorate===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |Political party
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! Time in office
! Time in office
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sierra Leone People's Party}}; color:white"|1
! style="background:{{party color|Sierra Leone People's Party}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|90px]]
| [[Milton Margai|Sir Milton Margai]]<br />{{small|(1895–1964)}}
| [[Milton Margai|Sir Milton Margai]]<br />{{small|(1895–1964)}}
| —
| 14 August 1958
| {{nowrap|14 August}} 1958
| 27 April 1961
| {{nowrap|27 April}} 1961
| {{Age in years and days|1958|8|14|1961|4|27}}
| {{Age in years and days|1958|8|14|1961|4|27}}
| [[Sierra Leone People's Party]]
| [[Sierra Leone People's Party|SLPP]]
|}
|}


==Prime ministers of Sierra Leone==
===Prime ministers of Sierra Leone===
{{Main|Sierra Leone (1961–1971)}}
Sierra Leone was granted independence by the Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 and became a free state with Queen [[Elizabeth II]] as its [[head of state]]. In 1971 Sierra Leone became a republic with Siaka Stevens as executive president.

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! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |Political party
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! Time in office
! Time in office
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sierra Leone People's Party}}; color:white"|1
! style="background:{{party color|Sierra Leone People's Party}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|90px]]
| [[Milton Margai|Sir Milton Margai]]<br />{{small|(1895–1964)}}
| [[Milton Margai|Sir Milton Margai]]<br />{{small|(1895–1964)}}
| [[1962 Sierra Leonean general election|1962]]
| 27 April 1961
| {{nowrap|27 April}} 1961
| 28 April 1964<br />{{small|(''died in office.'')}}
| {{nowrap|28 April}} 1964{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| {{Age in years and days|1961|4|27|1964|4|28}}
| {{Age in years and days|1961|4|27|1964|4|28}}
| [[Sierra Leone People's Party]]
| [[Sierra Leone People's Party|SLPP]]
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sierra Leone People's Party}}; color:white"|2
! style="background:{{party color|Sierra Leone People's Party}}; color:white"| 2
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|90px]]
| [[Albert Margai|Sir Albert Margai]]<br />{{small|(1910–1980)}}
| [[Albert Margai|Sir Albert Margai]]<br />{{small|(1910–1980)}}
| —
| 28 April 1964
| {{nowrap|28 April}} 1964
| 21 March 1967
| {{nowrap|21 March}} 1967
| {{Age in years and days|1964|4|28|1967|3|21}}
| {{Age in years and days|1964|4|28|1967|3|21}}
| [[Sierra Leone People's Party]]
| [[Sierra Leone People's Party|SLPP]]
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|All People's Congress}}; color:white"|3
! style="background:{{party color|All People's Congress}}; color:white"| 3
| [[File:President Siaka Stevens at US Embassy reception in Freetown (cropped).png|90px]]
| rowspan=2|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Siaka Stevens]]<br />{{small|(1905–1988)}}
| [[Siaka Stevens]]<br />{{small|(1905–1988)}}
| [[1967 Sierra Leonean general election|1967]]
| colspan=2|{{nowrap|21 March 1967 (minutes)}}<br />{{small|(''deposed.'')}}
| colspan=2|{{nowrap|21 March}} 1967<br />{{small|(Deposed in a coup)}}
| {{Age in years and days|1967|3|21|1967|3|21}}
| minutes
| rowspan=2|[[All People's Congress]]
| [[All People's Congress|APC]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|All People's Congress}}; color:white"|{{small|(3)}}
| 26 April 1968
| 21 April 1971
| {{Age in years and days|1968|4|26|1971|4|21}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|All People's Congress}}; color:white"|4
| [[File:Sorie Ibrahim Koroma.jpg|60px]]
| [[Sorie Ibrahim Koroma]]<br />{{small|(1930–1994)}}
| 21 April 1971
| 8 July 1975
| {{Age in years and days|1971|4|21|1975|7|8}}
| [[All People's Congress]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|All People's Congress}}; color:white"|5
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]]
| [[Christian Alusine Kamara-Taylor]]<br />{{small|(1917–1985)}}
| 8 July 1975
| 15 June 1978
| {{Age in years and days|1975|7|8|1978|6|15}}
| [[All People's Congress]]
|}
|}


===Military rule (1967–1968)===
===Military rule (1967–1968)===
{{Main|National Reformation Council}}
The NRC was a group of senior military officers who took power in 1967 removing [[Siaka Stevens]] from the office of prime minister and ruled the nation from 1967 to 1968. The NRC was overthrown in April 1968 by a group of military officers who reinstated Stevens as Prime Minister.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
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! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Military
! rowspan="2" |Political party
|-
|-
!Took office
! Took office
!Left office
! Left office
!Time in office
! Time in office
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}};"|
| [[File:David Lansana 1965-04-29 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[File:David Lansana 1965-04-29 (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[David Lansana|{{small|Brigadier}} David Lansana]]<br />{{small|(1922–1975)}}
| [[David Lansana|{{small|Brigadier}} David Lansana]]<br />{{small|(1922–1975)}}
| {{nowrap|23 March}} 1967
| {{nowrap|23 March}} 1967
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|-
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}};"|
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]]
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| [[Leslie William Leigh|{{small|Commissioner}} Leslie William Leigh]]<br />{{small|(1921–1980)}}
| [[Leslie William Leigh|{{small|Commissioner}} Leslie William Leigh]]<br />{{small|(1921–1980)}}<br />{{small|Chairman of the [[National Reformation Council|NRC]]}}
| {{nowrap|25 March}} 1967
| {{nowrap|25 March}} 1967
| {{nowrap|28 March}} 1967
| {{nowrap|28 March}} 1967
| {{ayd|1967|3|25|1967|3|28}}
| {{ayd|1967|3|25|1967|3|28}}
| [[Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces|Military]]
| rowspan=2|[[National Reformation Council]]
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}};"|
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|90px]]
| [[Andrew Juxon-Smith|{{small|Brigadier}} Andrew Juxon-Smith]]<br />{{small|(1931–1996)}}
| [[Andrew Juxon-Smith|{{small|Brigadier}} Andrew Juxon-Smith]]<br />{{small|(1931–1996)}}<br />{{small|Chairman of the [[National Reformation Council|NRC]]}}
| {{nowrap|28 March}} 1967
| {{nowrap|28 March}} 1967
| {{nowrap|18 April}} 1968<br />{{small|(''deposed.'')}}
| {{nowrap|18 April}} 1968<br />{{small|([[Sergeants' Coup (Sierra Leone)|Deposed in a coup]])}}
| {{ayd|1967|3|28|1968|4|18}}
| {{ayd|1967|3|28|1968|4|18}}
| [[Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces|Military]]
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}};"|
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|90px]]
| [[John Amadu Bangura|{{small|Brigadier}} John Amadu Bangura]]<br />{{small|(1930–1970)}}
| [[John Amadu Bangura|{{small|Brigadier}} John Amadu Bangura]]<br />{{small|(1930–1970)}}<br />{{small|Chairman of the ACRM}}
| {{nowrap|18 April}} 1968
| {{nowrap|18 April}} 1968
| {{nowrap|22 April}} 1968
| {{nowrap|22 April}} 1968
| {{ayd|1968|4|18|1968|4|22}}
| {{ayd|1968|4|18|1968|4|22}}
| [[Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces|Military]]
| [[National Interim Council]]
|}

===Prime ministers of Sierra Leone===
[[Siaka Stevens]] was reinstated by a group of military officers who overthrew NRC. In 1971 Siaka Stevens abolished the monarchy and he made Sierra Leone and republic with Stevens as an executive president.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|All People's Congress}}; color:white"| {{small|(3)}}
| [[File:President Siaka Stevens at US Embassy reception in Freetown (cropped).png|90px]]
| [[Siaka Stevens]]<br />{{small|(1905–1988)}}
| —
| {{nowrap|26 April}} 1968
| {{nowrap|21 April}} 1971
| {{Age in years and days|1968|4|26|1971|4|21}}
| [[All People's Congress|APC]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|All People's Congress}}; color:white"| 4
| [[File:Sorie Ibrahim Koroma.jpg|90px]]
| [[Sorie Ibrahim Koroma]]<br />{{small|(1927–1994)}}
| [[1973 Sierra Leonean general election|1973]]
| {{nowrap|21 April}} 1971
| {{nowrap|8 July}} 1975
| {{Age in years and days|1971|4|21|1975|7|8}}
| [[All People's Congress|APC]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|All People's Congress}}; color:white"| 5
| [[File:No image.svg|90px]]
| [[Christian Alusine Kamara-Taylor]]<br />{{small|(1917–1985)}}
| [[1977 Sierra Leonean parliamentary election|1977]]
| {{nowrap|8 July}} 1975
| {{nowrap|15 June}} 1978
| {{Age in years and days|1975|7|8|1978|6|15}}
| [[All People's Congress|APC]]
|}
|}


==Chief ministers of Sierra Leone==
=== Chief ministers of Sierra Leone ===
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! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="3" |Term of office
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! Time in office
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"|6
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| 6
| [[File:David J. Francis.jpg|60px]]
| [[File:David J. Francis.jpg|90px]]
| [[David J. Francis (politician)|David J. Francis]]<br />{{small|(born 1965)}}
| [[David J. Francis (politician)|David J. Francis]]<br />{{small|(born 1965)}}
| [[2018 Sierra Leonean general election|2018]]
| 8 May 2018
| {{nowrap|8 May}} 2018
| 30 April 2021
| {{nowrap|30 April}} 2021
| {{Age in years and days|2018|5|8|2021|4|30}}
| {{Age in years and days|2018|5|8|2021|4|30}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"|7
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| 7
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]]
| [[File:Jacob Jusu Saffa (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Jacob Jusu Saffa]]<br />{{small|(born 19??)}}
| [[Jacob Jusu Saffa]]<br />{{small|(born 19??)}}
| —
| 30 April 2021
| {{nowrap|30 April}} 2021
| {{nowrap|10 July}} 2023
| {{Age in years and days|2021|4|30|2023|07|10}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| 8
| [[File:David Moinina Sengeh in Boston in 2013 (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[David Moinina Sengeh]]<br />{{small|(born 1986/87)}}
| [[2023 Sierra Leonean general election|2023]]
| {{nowrap|10 July}} 2023
| Incumbent
| Incumbent
| {{Age in years and days|2021|4|30}}
| {{Age in years and days|2023|07|10}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of colonial governors of Sierra Leone]]
* [[List of colonial governors of Sierra Leone]]
*[[President of Sierra Leone]]
* [[President of Sierra Leone]]
*[[List of heads of state of Sierra Leone]]
* [[List of heads of state of Sierra Leone]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sierra_Leone.html World Statesmen - Sierra Leone]
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sierra_Leone.html World Statesmen - Sierra Leone]


{{Sierra Leone topics}}
{{Heads of government of Sierra Leone}}
{{Heads of government of Sierra Leone}}
{{Sierra Leone topics}}


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[[Category:Lists of heads of government|Sierra Leone]]
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[[Category:Prime Ministers of Sierra Leone| ]]
[[Category:Prime ministers of Sierra Leone| ]]

Latest revision as of 16:17, 13 June 2024

Chief Minister of Sierra Leone
Chif Minista fɔ Salone (Krio)
Incumbent
David Moinina Sengeh
since 10 July 2023
AppointerGovernor-General of Sierra Leone (1961–1971)
President of Sierra Leone (1971–1978, 2018–present)
Formation27 April 1961
8 May 2018 (restored)
First holderMilton Margai
Abolished15 June 1978 – 8 May 2018

This is a list of heads of government of Sierra Leone, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1954 until the present day. The office of Prime Minister was abolished after the constitutional referendum in 1978, and reinstated in 2018 with the appointment of David J. Francis as Chief Minister.

List of officeholders

[edit]
Political parties
Other factions
Symbols

Died in office

Chief minister of Sierra Leone Protectorate

[edit]

In 1953, Sierra Leone was granted local ministerial powers and Milton Margai was made Chief Minister and later prime minister. A new constitution ensured Sierra Leone a parliamentary system within the Commonwealth of Nations and was formally adopted in 1958.

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Sir Milton Margai
(1895–1964)
1951
1957
9 July 1954 14 August 1958 4 years, 36 days SLPP

Prime minister of Sierra Leone Protectorate

[edit]
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Sir Milton Margai
(1895–1964)
14 August 1958 27 April 1961 2 years, 256 days SLPP

Prime ministers of Sierra Leone

[edit]

Sierra Leone was granted independence by the Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 and became a free state with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. In 1971 Sierra Leone became a republic with Siaka Stevens as executive president.

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Sir Milton Margai
(1895–1964)
1962 27 April 1961 28 April 1964[†] 3 years, 1 day SLPP
2 Sir Albert Margai
(1910–1980)
28 April 1964 21 March 1967 2 years, 327 days SLPP
3 Siaka Stevens
(1905–1988)
1967 21 March 1967
(Deposed in a coup)
minutes APC

Military rule (1967–1968)

[edit]

The NRC was a group of senior military officers who took power in 1967 removing Siaka Stevens from the office of prime minister and ruled the nation from 1967 to 1968. The NRC was overthrown in April 1968 by a group of military officers who reinstated Stevens as Prime Minister.

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
Brigadier David Lansana
(1922–1975)
23 March 1967 25 March 1967 2 days Military
Commissioner Leslie William Leigh
(1921–1980)
Chairman of the NRC
25 March 1967 28 March 1967 3 days Military
Brigadier Andrew Juxon-Smith
(1931–1996)
Chairman of the NRC
28 March 1967 18 April 1968
(Deposed in a coup)
1 year, 21 days Military
Brigadier John Amadu Bangura
(1930–1970)
Chairman of the ACRM
18 April 1968 22 April 1968 4 days Military

Prime ministers of Sierra Leone

[edit]

Siaka Stevens was reinstated by a group of military officers who overthrew NRC. In 1971 Siaka Stevens abolished the monarchy and he made Sierra Leone and republic with Stevens as an executive president.

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
(3) Siaka Stevens
(1905–1988)
26 April 1968 21 April 1971 2 years, 360 days APC
4 Sorie Ibrahim Koroma
(1927–1994)
1973 21 April 1971 8 July 1975 4 years, 78 days APC
5 Christian Alusine Kamara-Taylor
(1917–1985)
1977 8 July 1975 15 June 1978 2 years, 342 days APC

Chief ministers of Sierra Leone

[edit]
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
6 David J. Francis
(born 1965)
2018 8 May 2018 30 April 2021 2 years, 357 days Independent
7 Jacob Jusu Saffa
(born 19??)
30 April 2021 10 July 2023 2 years, 71 days Independent
8 David Moinina Sengeh
(born 1986/87)
2023 10 July 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 13 days Independent

See also

[edit]
[edit]