Minkailu Mansaray
| Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray | |
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| Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
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In office 2010 – present |
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| President | Ernest Bai Koroma |
| Preceded by | Alpha Kanu[1] |
| Sierra Leone Minister of Labor | |
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In office 2007–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Alpha Timbo |
| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 2002–2007 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone |
| Nationality | Sierra Leonean |
| Residence | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Alma mater | Fourah Bay College |
| Profession | Insurance Executive, Businessman |
'Alhaji' Minkailu Mansaray is a Sierra Leonean politician, businessman, who is currently Sierra Leone Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources. He is also the deputy leader of the All People's Congress (APC) party.
An experience career businessman in the insurance industry, Minkailu Mansaray worked many years as an executive at the Sierra Leone National Insurance Company [2].
Mansaray was an elected member of Parliament from then opposition APC party, and served as a member of Parliament from 2002 to 2007, when the APC became the ruling party. He was Sierra Leone Minister of Labor from 2007 to 2010; and has been Sierra Leone Minister of Mines and Natural Resources since 2010. In 2012, Mansaray was elected deputy leader of the All People's Congress (APC) party.
Mansaray is a senior and long term member of the All People's Congress party (APC), and is a member of the APC National Advisory Council, a powerful body within the APC, that is made up of the most senior members of the APC party. Mansaray is a close ally of Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma.
Mansaray is a graduate of Fourah Bay College. He is a close ally and personal friend of Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma, with whom he worked with at the Sierra Leone National Insurance Company.
Mansaray was born in Tonkolili District in the North of Sierra Leone, though he grew up in the capital Freetown. He is a devout muslim of Temne heritage.
Minkailu Mansaray was born in Tonkolili District in the Northern province of Sierra Leone. He is of Temne heritage. Mansaray was born to muslim parents, and he himself is a devout muslim. Mansaray has gone to the Islamic Pilgrimage to Hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Although he was born in Tonkolili, Mansaray grew up in Freetown.
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