Siaka Stevens
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Prime Minister of Sierra Leone (1905-1988)
Key facts
- Vice president
- Sorie Ibrahim Koroma Christian Alusine Kamara ‑ Taylor Francis Minah
- Preceded by
- Christopher Okoro Cole (acting)
- Succeeded by
- Joseph Saidu Momoh
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Governors general
- Sir Banja Tejan-Sie , Christopher Okoro Cole
- Born
- Siaka Probyn Stevens , ( 1905-08-24 ) 24 August 1905, Moyamba , British Sierra Leone
- Died
- 29 May 1988 (1988-05-29) (aged 82), Freetown , Sierra Leone
- Party
- All People's Congress
- Spouse
- Rebecca Stevens
- Education
- Fourah Bay College , Ruskin College
- Profession
- Trade unionist police officer
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Stevens
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sierra Leone
- Place of birth
- Moyamba
- Place of death
- Freetown
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Fourah Bay College
- Political party
- All People's Congress
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Siaka Stevens (I-002364, cropped, processing version).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1905-08-24
- date of death
- 1988-05-29
- name in native language
- Siaka Stevens
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Encyclopedic overview
Siaka Probyn Stevens (24 August 1905 – 29 May 1988) was the leader of Sierra Leone from 1967 to 1985, serving as Prime Minister from 1967 to 1971 and as President from 1971 to 1985. Stevens' leadership was often characterized by patrimonial rule, violence, and self-indulgence, consolidating power by means of corruption and exploitation.
Stevens and his All People's Congress (APC) party won the closely contested 1967 Sierra Leone general elections over incumbent Prime Minister Sir Albert Margai of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). In April 1971, Stevens made Sierra Leone a republic and became president a day after the constitution had been ratified by the Sierra Leone Parliament. Though generally considered as the first president of Sierra Leone, technically he was the second President of the Republic after Christopher Okoro Cole, a judge, who was sworn in for a day after which he resigned, paving the way for Stevens.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siaka Stevens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.