Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge | |
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Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone | |
In office 25 September 2007 – January 2014 |
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President | Ernest Bai Koroma |
Preceded by | Edmund Cowan |
Succeeded by | Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya |
Personal details | |
Born | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Nationality | Sierra Leonean |
Political party | All People's Congress (APC) |
Residence | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Alma mater | Fourah Bay College |
Religion | Christianity |
Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge is a Sierra Leonean politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone from 2007 through 2014. He is a member of the ruling All People's Congress (APC) and represents the Western Area Urban District. Bankole Stronge succeeded Edmund Cowan of the Sierra Leone People's Party as speaker of Parliament after the 2007 Sierra Leone Presidential and Legislative elections.
Bankole Stronge was born in Freetown. He is a Christian and a member of the Creole ethnic minority who mostly live in the Western Area of Sierra Leone.