Usman Boie Kamara
| Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara | |
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Usman Boie Kamara at a WTO conference in Bali, December 2013
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| Minister of Trade and Industry | |
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Assumed office 16 January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Konteh |
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| Born | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Nationality | Sierra Leonean |
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Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) (until 2012) All People's Congress (APC) (2012–present) |
| Children | Three children |
| Residence | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Alma mater | London, United Kingdom |
| Profession | Mining engineer, businessman |
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara is a Sierra Leonean politician, businessman and mining engineer who has been Minister of Trade and Industry of Sierra Leone since 2013. He previously worked as director of the Sierra Leone National Diamond Mining Company (NDMC).
Born and raised in Freetown to ethnic Mandingo parents, Usman Boie has a master's degree in mining engineering and Mineral Production management from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London.
His father Mohamed Boie Kamara was a prominent member of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and served as the party's treasurer during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Mohamed Boie Kamara was also a close ally of Prime Minister Albert Margai.
Usman Boie Kamara unsuccessfully sought the nomination of the SLPP for the 2012 presidential election, placing second behind former military ruler Julius Maada Bio, who won the SLPP nomination at the party's convention held on 31 July 2011 at the miatta hall in Freetown.
After he lost the SLPP nomination to Julius Maada, Usman Boie Kamara defected from the SLPP in June 2012 and joined the ruling APC. He was officially welcomed and given an APC membership card by President Ernest Bai Koroma himself.
Usman Boie is a devout Muslim and a fluent speaker of his native Mandingo language. He is married and has three children.
Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara was born and raised in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone to prominent Mandingo parents. Usman Boie grew up in the neighbourhood of Magazine Cut in the East End of Freetown. Usman Boie was raised in a Mandingo family and he is a fluent speaker of the Mandingo language.
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