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Julius Maada Bio
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President of Sierra Leone since 2018
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Julius Maada Bio is a male Sierra Leonean politician and military officer who has served as the President of Sierra Leone. He is a member of the Sierra Leone People's Party and holds the military rank of brigadier. Born on May 12, 1964, he is a Catholic who speaks English. His spouse is Fatima Maada Bio.
Bio began his work period in 1987. He received his education at the American University and the University of Bradford.
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Key facts
- Vice president
- Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh
- Chief minister
- David J. Francis , Jacob Jusu Saffa , David Sengeh
- Preceded by
- Ernest Bai Koroma
- Deputy
- Komba Mondeh
- Succeeded by
- Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
- Chairman
- Valentine Strasser
- Head of state
- Valentine Strasser
- Born
- Julius Maada Wonie Bio , ( 1964-05-12 ) 12 May 1964 (age 62) , Tihun , Bonthe District , Sierra Leone
- Party
- Sierra Leone People's Party
- Spouse
- Fatima Bio ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2013 )
- Alma mater
- Benguema Military Academy American University University of Bradford
- Website
- Government website
- Allegiance
- Sierra Leone
- Branch service
- Sierra Leone Army
- Years of service
- 1985–1996
- Rank
- Brigadier
- Commands
- Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces
- Battles wars
- First Liberian Civil War Sierra Leone Civil War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Julius
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sierra Leone
- Spouse
- Fatima Maada Bio
- Occupation
- military officer
- Educated at
- University of Bradford
- Political party
- Sierra Leone People's Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Military rank
- brigadier
- Image
- Julius Maada Bio - 2023 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1964-05-12
- Commons category
- Julius Maada Bio
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- P10632
- Julius Maada Bio
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Encyclopedic overview
Julius Maada Wonie Bio (born 12 May 1964) is a Sierra Leonean politician and former military officer who has served as the 5th president of Sierra Leone since 4 April 2018. He is a retired brigadier in the Sierra Leone Army and was the military head of state of Sierra Leone from 16 January 1996 to 29 March 1996, at only 32 years old in a military junta government known as the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC).
As military head of state, Bio returned Sierra Leone to a democratically elected government, when he handed power to Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of the Sierra Leone People's Party, following Kabbah's victory in the 1996 Sierra Leonean presidential election. Upon retiring from the military in 1996, Bio moved to the United States, where he was granted political asylum, and he did not visit Sierra Leone from the U.S. until 2005.
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