Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
| Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | |
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| 3rd President of Sierra Leone | |
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In office March 29, 1996 – May 25, 1997 |
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| Vice President | Albert Joe Demby |
| Preceded by | Julius Maada Bio (Military Junta) |
| Succeeded by | Johnny Paul Koroma (Military Junta) |
| 3rd President of Sierra Leone | |
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In office March 10, 1998 – September 17, 2007 |
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| Vice President | Solomon Berewa |
| Preceded by | Johnny Paul Koroma (Military Junta) |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Bai Koroma |
| Leader of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) | |
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In office 1996–2005 |
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| Preceded by | Salia Jusu-Sheriff |
| Succeeded by | Solomon Berewa |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 16, 1932 Pendembu, Kailahun District, Sierra Leone |
| Died | March 13, 2014 (aged 82) Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Nationality | Sierra Leonean |
| Political party | Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) |
| Spouse(s) |
Patricia Kabbah (deceased) Isata Jabbie Kabbah (2008-2014) |
| Children |
Five children:
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| Alma mater |
Aberystwyth University (Aberystwyth, Wales) (Cardiff, Wales) |
| Profession | Economist, Attorney |
| Religion | Islam |
Patricia Kabbah (deceased)
Five children:
Aberystwyth University (Aberystwyth, Wales)
Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (February 16, 1932 – March 13, 2014) was the third President of Sierra Leone, serving from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007. An economist and attorney by profession, Kabbah spent many years working for the United Nations Development Programme. He retired from the United Nations and returned to Sierra Leone in 1992.
In early 1996, Kabbah was elected leader of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and was the party's presidential candidate in the 1996 presidential election. He was elected President of Sierra Leone in the 1996 election with 59% of the vote, defeating his closest rival, John Karefa-Smart of the United National People's Party (UNPP), who had 40% in the runoff vote and conceded defeat. International observers declared the election free and fair. In his inauguration speech in Freetown, Kabbah promised to end the civil war, which he indeed achieved later in his presidency.
A devout Muslim, Kabbah was born in Pendembu, Kailahun District in Eastern Sierra Leone, though he was raised in the capital Freetown. Kabbah was an ethnic Mandingo. Kabbah was Sierra Leone's first and currently the only Muslim head of state of the country.
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