Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

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Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (February 16 1932 – March 13 2014) was the third President of Sierra Leone from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007. An economist and attorney by professions Kabbah spent many years working for the United Nations Development Programme. He retired from the United Nations and returned to Sierra Leone in 1992.In early 1996 Kabbah was elected leader of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and the party’s presidential candidate in the 1996 presidential election.

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active years end date

1997-05-25, 2007-09-17

active years start date

1996-03-29, 1998-03-10

alma mater

Cardiff, Aberystwyth University, Wales, Cardiff Metropolitan University

birth date

1932-02-16

birth place

Sierra Leone, Kailahun District, Pendembu Sierra Leone

death date

2014-03-13

death place

Freetown

office

3rd President of Sierra Leone, Leader of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)

order in office

3rd President of Sierra Leone

party

Sierra Leone People's Party

profession

Lawyer, Economist

religion

Islam

residence

Sierra Leone, Western Area Urban District, Goderich Sierra Leone

spouse

Patricia Kabbah, Isata_Jabbie_Kabbah

successor

Johnny Paul Koroma, Ernest Bai Koroma, Solomon Berewa

vice president

Solomon Berewa, Albert Joe Demby