Politics
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Political Structure
- Official name: Sierra Leone
- Form of state: Unitary republic
Legal system
Constitutional government based on English common law
National legislature
132-seat parliament of 120 elected members (first-past-the-post system) and 12 paramount chiefs
National elections
Presidential, legislative and local elections held on March 7th 2018. Julius Maada Bio was elected as president after winning 51.8% of the vote in the second-round run-off. In the legislative election, the opposition All People’s Congress won 68 seats and the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party 48 seats. The next general election will be held in 2023
Head of state
President
National government
The head of state and cabinet of ministers
Main political parties
All People’s Congress (APC); Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP); People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC); National Democratic Alliance (NDA); United Democratic Movement (UDM)
Key government ministers
- President: Julius Maada Bio
- Vice-president: Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh
- Chief minister: David Francis
The ministers below are appointed by the president
- Agriculture, forestry & food security: Joseph Ndanema
- Defence (deputy minister): Simeon Nasiru Sheriff
- Energy: Alhaji Kanja Sesay
- Finance: Jacob Jusu Saffa
- Foreign affairs: Alie Kabba
- Health & sanitation: Alpha Wurie
- Information & communication: Mohamed Swaray
- Internal affairs: Edward Soluku
- Justice & attorney-general: Priscilla Schwartz
- Labour & social security: Adekunle Joliff Milton King
- Lands, housing & the environment: Denis Sandy
- Local government & rural development: Anthony Brewah
- Marine resources: Emma Kowa
- Mines & mineral resources: Morie Manyeh
- Planning & economic development: Nabeela Tunis
- Political & public affairs: Foday Yumkella
- Primary & secondary education: Alpha Osman Timbo
- Social welfare, gender & children’s affairs: Baindu Dassama
- Technical & higher education: Aiah Gbakima
- Tourism & culture: Memunatu Pratt
- Trade & industry: Peter Bayuku Konteh
- Transport & aviation: Kabineh Kallon
- Vice-president’s office (minister of state): Frances Piagie Alghali
- Water resources: Jonathan Tengbe
- Works & public assets: Raymond de’Souza George
Central bank governor
- Kelfala Morana Kallon
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