List of heads of government of Sierra Leone

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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 constitutional referendum in 1978, and reinstated in 2018 with the appointment of David J. Francis as Chief Minister.

List of officeholders

Political parties

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  Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)

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  All People's Congress (APC)
Other factions

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  Independent
Symbols

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Chief minister of Sierra Leone Protectorate

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 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)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 1 File:No image.svg Sir Milton Margai
(1895–1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1951
1957 		9 July 1954 14 August 1958 Template:Age in years and days SLPP

Prime minister of Sierra Leone Protectorate

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 1 File:No image.svg Sir Milton Margai
(1895–1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 14 August 1958 27 April 1961 Template:Age in years and days SLPP

Prime ministers of Sierra Leone

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 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)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 1 File:No image.svg Sir Milton Margai
(1895–1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1962 27 April 1961 28 April 1964<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] Template:Age in years and days SLPP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 2 File:No image.svg Sir Albert Margai
(1910–1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 28 April 1964 21 March 1967 Template:Age in years and days SLPP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 3 File:President Siaka Stevens at US Embassy reception in Freetown (cropped).png Siaka Stevens
(1905–1988)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1967 21 March 1967
(Deposed in a coup)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		minutes APC

Military rule (1967–1968)

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 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)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color;"| File:David Lansana 1965-04-29 (cropped).jpg BrigadierScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". David Lansana
(1922–1975)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		23 March 1967 25 March 1967 Template:Ayd Military
style="background:Template:Party color;"| File:No image.svg CommissionerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Leslie William Leigh
(1921–1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Chairman of the NRCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		25 March 1967 28 March 1967 Template:Ayd Military
style="background:Template:Party color;"| File:No image.svg BrigadierScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Andrew Juxon-Smith
(1931–1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Chairman of the NRCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		28 March 1967 18 April 1968
(Deposed in a coup)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd Military
style="background:Template:Party color;"| File:No image.svg BrigadierScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". John Amadu Bangura
(1930–1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Chairman of the ACRMScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		18 April 1968 22 April 1968 Template:Ayd Military

Prime ministers of Sierra Leone

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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:President Siaka Stevens at US Embassy reception in Freetown (cropped).png Siaka Stevens
(1905–1988)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 26 April 1968 21 April 1971 Template:Age in years and days APC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 4 File:Sorie Ibrahim Koroma.jpg Sorie Ibrahim Koroma
(1927–1994)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1973 21 April 1971 8 July 1975 Template:Age in years and days APC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 5 File:No image.svg Christian Alusine Kamara-Taylor
(1917–1985)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1977 8 July 1975 15 June 1978 Template:Age in years and days APC

Chief ministers of Sierra Leone

During this period, Sierra Leone operated under a presidential system, whereby the Chief Minister was not the head of government, but mainly existed in a capacity of assisting the President.

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 6 File:David J. Francis.jpg David J. Francis
(born 1965)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2018 8 May 2018 30 April 2021 Template:Age in years and days Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 7 File:Jacob Jusu Saffa (cropped).jpg Jacob Jusu Saffa
(born 19??)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 30 April 2021 10 July 2023 Template:Age in years and days Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 8 File:David Moinina Sengeh - 2022 (52536514763) (cropped).jpg David Moinina Sengeh
(born 1986/87)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2023 10 July 2023 Incumbent Template:Age in years and days Independent

See also

External links

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