List of heads of government of Sierra Leone

Chief Minister of Sierra Leone
Coat of arms of Sierra Leone
Incumbent Jacob Jusu Saffa since 30 April 2021
Appointer	Governor-General of Sierra Leone (1961–1971) President of Sierra Leone (1971–1978, 2018–present)
Formation	27 April 1961 8 May 2018 (restored)
First holder	Milton Margai
Abolished	15 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.

Chief minister of Sierra Leone Protectorate

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Sierra Leone People's Party/meta/color; color:white"|1		Sir Milton Margai (1895–1964)	9 July 1954	14 August 1958	4 years, 36 days	Sierra Leone People's Party

Prime minister of Sierra Leone Protectorate

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Sierra Leone People's Party/meta/color; color:white"|1		Sir Milton Margai (1895–1964)	14 August 1958	27 April 1961	2 years, 256 days	Sierra Leone People's Party

Prime ministers of Sierra Leone

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Sierra Leone People's Party/meta/color; color:white"|1		Sir Milton Margai (1895–1964)	27 April 1961	28 April 1964 (died in office.)	3 years, 1 day	Sierra Leone People's Party
style="background:Template:Sierra Leone People's Party/meta/color; color:white"|2		Sir Albert Margai (1910–1980)	28 April 1964	21 March 1967	2 years, 327 days	Sierra Leone People's Party
style="background:Template:All People's Congress/meta/color; color:white"|3		Siaka Stevens (1905–1988)	21 March 1967 (minutes) (deposed.)		0 days	All People's Congress
style="background:Template:All People's Congress/meta/color; color:white"|(3)			26 April 1968	21 April 1971	2 years, 360 days
style="background:Template:All People's Congress/meta/color; color:white"|4		Sorie Ibrahim Koroma (1930–1994)	21 April 1971	8 July 1975	4 years, 78 days	All People's Congress
style="background:Template:All People's Congress/meta/color; color:white"|5		Christian Alusine Kamara-Taylor (1917–1985)	8 July 1975	15 June 1978	2 years, 342 days	All People's Congress

Military rule (1967–1968)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Military
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color;"|		Brigadier David Lansana (1922–1975)	23 March 1967	25 March 1967	2 days	Military
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color;"|		Commissioner Leslie William Leigh (1921–1980)	25 March 1967	28 March 1967	3 days	National Reformation Council
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color;"|		Brigadier Andrew Juxon-Smith (1931–1996)	28 March 1967	18 April 1968 (deposed.)	1 year, 21 days	National Reformation Council
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color;"|		Brigadier John Amadu Bangura (1930–1970)	18 April 1968	22 April 1968	4 days	National Interim Council

Chief ministers of Sierra Leone

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"|6		David J. Francis (born 1965)	8 May 2018	30 April 2021	2 years, 357 days	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"|7		Jacob Jusu Saffa (born 19??)	30 April 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 84 days	Independent

See also

• List of colonial governors of Sierra Leone
• President of Sierra Leone
• List of heads of state of Sierra Leone

External links

• World Statesmen - Sierra Leone