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Sierra Leone Politics
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Type of Government Sierra Leone is a republic with an executive president and a multi-party system of government with a 124-seat parliament (112 elected members and 12 paramount chiefs).

 QUICK FACTS Type: Republic with a democratically elected president and unicameral parliament. Independence: from United Kingdom, April 27, 1961. Constitution: October 1, 1991. Political parties: The Political Parties Registration Commission was formed in late 2005 to review registered parties to see whether they still met registration requirements. Most of the parties are inactive.  //Major parties//--Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), All People's Congress (APC), and People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC).

Leading Political Figures

President--Ernest Bai Koroma <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Vice President--Samuel Sam-Sumana <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ambassador to the U.S-- Bockarie Stevens <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Image of the Ambassador to the U.S. from [|Cocorioko]

Image of the President from the [|Atlas Forum] Image of the Vice President from the [|Awareness Times]

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Power of the People

<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Civil rights and religious freedom are respected. A critical press continues to operate, although journalists and editors are occasionally arrested for publishing articles the government considers inflammatory.

This information is from the [|U.S. Department of State]