Ernest Bai Koroma (born 2 October 1953) is a Sierra Leonean politician who has been President of Sierra Leone since 2007. Born and raised in Makeni, in northern Sierra Leone, Koroma spent more than 24 years working in the private insurance industry before entering politics in 2002. From 1988 to 2002, he was the managing director of the Reliance Insurance Trust Corporation (Ritcorp). He is a 1976 graduate from Fourah Bay College, the oldest university in West Africa. He was elected as leader of the All People's Congress (APC), Sierra Leone's main opposition party, on 24 March 2002, after defeating then incumbent APC leader Edward Turay. Koroma stood as the APC candidate in the 2002 presidential election but was defeated by incumbent President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who won 70.3% of the vote, to Koroma's 22.35%. Koroma conceded defeat. Koroma was later elected to Parliament, representing his home District of Bombali from 2002 to 2007. In 2005, he was elected the minority leader of Parliament and remained in that position until his election to the Presidency in 2007. In the 2007 presidential election run-off, Koroma received 54.6% of the vote and defeated incumbent Vice-President Solomon Berewa of the ruling SLPP. Berewa conceded defeat, and Koroma was sworn in as President on 17 September 2007, at the State House in the capital Freetown. International and local observers declared the election free and fair. Koroma succeeded President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who was constitutionally ineligible to run for the presidency again after serving the maximum two five-year term limit. In the November 2012 presidential election, Koroma was re-elected as President for a second term, receiving 58.7%, against his main opponent, SLPP candidate Julius Maada Bio, who received 37.4%. International observers deemed the election to be free and fair.

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Joseph Sam Sesay (born on November 26, 1959 in Kamasasa, Kambia District) is a Sierra Leonean politician and currently serves as Sierra Leone Minister of Agriculture. He was appointed to the position in October 2007 by president Ernest Bai Koroma.

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Alfred Paolo Conteh is a retired Major in the Sierra Leone Armed Forces who has been Defense Minister of Sierra Leone since October 2007. He was appointed by President Ernest Bai Koroma and was later confirmed by parliament. Conteh is the nephew of former President Joseph Saidu Momoh. Conteh is a keen sprinter and sportman. He was Sierra Leone's 400m record holder in 1982; and its record remains unbroken since. He plays football, volleyball, handball, squash and tennis. Born and raised in Freetown, to parents from the Limba ethnic group, Conteh enrolled in the Sierra Leone Army as a cadet officer in 1976. In 1981, Conteh became one of the commanding officers of the Sierra Leone Military Police unit, a branch of the Sierra Leone Army. Conteh went to law school in the United Kingdom. He obtained the Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB) from the University of London LLB (law) in 1990. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1992. He also obtained a Master of Laws (LLM) from the Holborn School of Law in the United Kingdom.

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Minkailu Bah (born in Magburaka, Tonkolili District) is a Sierra Leonean politician and Lecturer and currently serves as Sierra Leone's Minister of Education, Youth and Sports. He was Acting head of Electrical and Electronics department Fourah Bay College University of Sierra Leone before his latest appointment as a minister.

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Kaifala Marah (born in Koidu Town, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean accountant and the current Sierra Leone minister of finance[7]. He served as State House chief of staff and senior economic advisor to Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma from 2010 until his appointment as finance minister. Marah holds a Bachelor's degree in international relations from Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone; a master's degree in Public Policy from State University of New York; and a doctorate degree in political finance from the University of Hull. Marah had served as a deputy Town Clerk at the Koidu-New Sembehun city council. He later served as a Budget Analyst at the New York State Senate. Marah was the public expenditure management adviser at the commonwealth secretariat in London, before he was appointed as chief of staff to president Ernest Bai Koroma. Marah was born and raised in Koidu Town, Kono District in Eastern Sierra Leone. He is a member of the Kuranko ethnic group.

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Alhaji Alpha Sahid Bakar Kanu is a Sierra Leonean politician and the current Sierra Leone minister of Presidential and Public Affairs. He is also the official spokesman of the All People's Congress (APC) political party, a position he has held even before the APC came to power. In January 2012, Kanu was chosen by Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma to serve as Minister of Information and Communication in Koroma's new second term cabinet [1]. Kanu is a close personal friend of president Ernest Bai Koroma; he is also one of the closest and most trusted political advisors to president Koroma. Kanu is often seen together with president Ernest Bai Koroma in public. Kanu had served as Sierra Leone Minister of Mines and Natural Resources from February 27, 2009, before he was moved again to Sierra Leone minister of Presidential and Public Affairs in a Cabinet reshuffled on December 3, 2010 by president Koroma. Kanu was ason an elected member of Sierra Leone House of Parliament representing Port Loko District from 2002 until 2007. Kanu is a mining engineer by profession. He graduated with a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in geophysics from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Kanu is a muslim and a member of the Temne ethnic group from Port Loko District in northern Sierra Leone.

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Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay (or Sessay) is a Sierra Leonean politician from the ruling All People's Congress (APC) political party. He is Sierra Leone's former Minister of Transportation and Aviation and member of the Pan-African Parliament. Sesay is born in Port Loko, Port Loko District, a muslim and a member of the Temne ethnic group. From 2002 on, he had served as a member of Parliament of Sierra Leone representing Port Loko District. Sesay easily won re-election in 2007 with 75.7% of the total vote in his district; he had defeated Munirr Sankoh of the Sierra Leone People's Party by nearly 9,000 votes. He was appointed Minister of Transportation by president Ernest Bai Koroma in October, 2007. On August 4, 2008, the Office of the President of Sierra Leone announced that in view of current investigations surrounding the unauthorized landing of a mysterious plane loaded with cocaine at the Lungi International Airport, President Ernest Bai Koroma had relieved Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay of his duties as Minister of Transport and Aviation, the release stated. The decision was necessitated to facilitate investigations.

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Paul Kamara (born 12 August 1956) is a Sierra Leonean journalist, football manager, and cabinet minister.

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