Samuel Sam-Sumana
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The Honourable Vice President Alhaji Samuel Sam-Sumana |
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| Vice President of Sierra Leone | |
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In office September 17, 2007 – March 17, 2015 |
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| President | Ernest Bai Koroma |
| Preceded by | Solomon Berewa |
| Succeeded by | Victor Bockarie Foh |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 7, 1962 Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone |
| Nationality | Sierra Leonean |
| Political party | APC (until 2015)[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Haja Khadija Sam-Sumana |
| Children | three children |
| Residence | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Alma mater | Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis – Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
| Profession | Businessman, Information systems technician |
| Religion | Islam |
Alhaji Samuel Sidique Sam-Sumana (born April 7, 1962) was a Sierra Leonean politician who was the Vice President of Sierra Leone from September 17, 2007 to March 17, 2015. Sam-Sumana stood as the vice-presidential candidate of the All People's Congress (APC) in the 2007 presidential election, alongside presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma. The APC ticket defeated the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) presidential candidate Solomon Berewa and vice presidential candidate Momodou Koroma. Sam-Sumana took office as Vice President on September 17, 2007.
On March 17, 2015, President Koroma sacked Sam-Sumana as Vice President on the grounds that he had abandoned his position and sought asylum in the United States Embassy in Freetown, and for not belonging to a political party [2][3][4][5] although it was reported by several local and international media that Sam-Sumana fled his residence fearing for his life, before soldiers had surrounded his house and disarmed his security team. The Sierra Leone government said Sam-Sumana was not in any danger and that soldiers only came to Sam-Sumana's house to rotate his security team [6]. President Ernest Bai Koroma sacked Sam-Sumana for also not belonging to a political party, though he was expelled from the APC party by the National Advisory Council of the All People's Congress on March 6, 2015. Sam-Sumana said his sacking by president Ernest Bai Koroma was unconstitutional and has appealed to the Sierra Leone Supreme Court.
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