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'''John Arouna Karimu''' is a Mende hailed from Daru Village, [[Kailahun District]], in the Eastern Region of Sierra Leone.

He was a Lecturer at [[Fourah Bay College]], where he met his wife Gertrude Gbessay Karimu née Sellu who was a student there as well. He later worked for the Bo/Pujehun Project. He then became the Director of CUSO in Gambia.

He later became the [[Minister of Finance of Sierra Leone|Finance Minister]] in [[Sierra Leone]] during the military rule of [[Valentine Strasser]] (1993-1996).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112083090974|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center.  1993:Jan.-July.|website=HathiTrust}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Neville|first=Philip|title=One Thing And Another: 'I Knew Dr. John Karimu Will Fall Short|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200501130838.html|accessdate=5 November 2010|newspaper=Standard Times (Freetown)|date=3 December 2004}}</ref>  He was the presidential candidate of the [[National Unity Party (Sierra Leone)|National Unity Party]] in the 1996 national elections.  In that election, Karimu received 5.3% of the national vote and lost easily to [[Ahmed Tejan Kabbah]].  In December 1996, Karimu accepted a position in the cabinet of Kabbah as the Secretary of [[Housing and Environment]].  However, Karimu was eventually deposed, along with the rest of the government, when Major [[Johnny Paul Koroma]] overthrew the government on 25 May 1997. During this period, he worked as a Director with [[The World Bank]] in Papua New Guinea. He later became the Commissioner of the National Revenue Authority(NRA)-The highest paid civil Servant in Sierra Leone.

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