Patricia Kabbah
| Patricia Kabbah | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Sierra Leone | |
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In office 1996–1998 |
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| Succeeded by | Isata Jabbie Kabbah |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 17, 1933 Gbap, Bonthe District, Sierra Leone |
| Died | May 8, 1998 (aged 65) Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Nationality | Sierra Leonean |
| Political party | non |
| Spouse(s) | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah |
| Children | Mariama Kabbah, Tejan Kabbah Jr (died December 12, 2008 at age 37 [1]), Abu Kabbah, Isata Kabbah and Michael Kabbah |
| Alma mater |
Fourah Bay College Freetown, Sierra Leone Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Profession | Teacher |
| Religion | Christian (Catholic) |
Fourah Bay College Freetown, Sierra Leone
Patricia Kabbah (born Patricia Tucker on March 17, 1933 - May 8, 1998) was the wife of Sierra Leone's 3rd President, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah; was First Lady of Sierra Leone from 1996 until her death in 1998. She was an ethnic Sherbro from Bonthe District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone.
Patricia Tucker was born on March 17, 1933 in Gbap, Bonthe District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone, to ethnic Sherbro parents. She attended St. Joseph’s Convent Primary School in Bonthe and St. Joseph’s Convent Secondary School in Freetown. She was later employed by the Catholic Mission to teach English and French at St. Joseph’s Secondary School in Freetown.
After two years of teaching, Miss Tucker studied in the United States and received her Bachelor's degree in English at the University of Toledo, in Toledo, Ohio in 1959 and a Master's degree in French Language at the University of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois in 1963.
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