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Sierra Leone Government 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/sierra_leone/sierra_leone_government.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code SL Government type constitutional democracy National capital Freetown Administrative divisions 3 provinces and 1 area*; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western* Independence 27 April 1961 (from UK) National holiday Republic Day, 27 April (1961) Constitution 1 October 1991; subsequently amended several times Legal system based on English law and customary laws indigenous to local tribes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral House of Representatives (80 seats, 68 elected, 12 filled
by paramount chiefs elected in separate elections; members serve five-year
terms)
Judicial branch Supreme Court Political parties and leaders 15 parties registered for the February 1996 elections; National Peoples Party or NPP [Andrew TURAY]; Democratic Center Party or DCP [Abu KOROMA]; Peoples Progressive Party or PPP [Edward KAMARA, chairman]; Coalition for Progress Party or CPP [Geredine WILLIAMS-SARHO]; National Unity Movement or NUM [John Desmond Fashole LUKE]; United National Peoples Party or UNPP [John KARIFA-SMART]; Peoples Democratic Party or PDP [Thaimu BANGURA, chairman]; All Peoples Congress or APC [Edward Mohammed TURAY, chairman]; National Republican Party or NRP [Sahr Stephen MAMBU]; Social Democratic Party or SDP [Andrew Victor LUNGAY]; Peoples National Convention or PNC [Edward John KARGBO, chairman]; National Unity Party or NUP [Dr. John KARIMU, chairman]; Sierra Leone Peoples Party or SLPP [President Tejan KABBAH, chairman]; National Democratic Alliance or NDA [Amadu M. B. JALLOH]; National Alliance for Democracy Party or NADP [Mohamed Yahya SILLAH] International organization participation ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light
blue
NOTE: The information regarding Sierra Leone on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sierra Leone Government 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sierra Leone Government 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |