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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It shares its southeastern border with Liberia, and the northern half of the nation is surrounded by Guinea.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 469 entities connected with Sierra Leone. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Sierra Leone. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Sierra Leone

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Sierra Leone.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 294 entities identified as PEPs connected with Sierra Leone.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief Minister of Sierra Leone-2-
President1--
President of Sierra Leone-22
Vice President1--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief Minister1--
Deputy Minister of Defense1--
Minister of Agriculture & Food Security1--
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security-3-
Minister of Basic & Secondary Education1--
Minister of Communication, Technology & Innovation1--
Minister of Defence and National Security of Sierra Leone-1-
Minister of Education of Sierra Leone-3-
Minister of Employment, Labor & Social Security1--
Minister of Energy1--
Minister of Energy of Sierra Leone--1
Minister of Environment & Climate Change1--
Minister of Finance1--
Minister of Finance of Sierra Leone-6-
Minister of Fisheries & Marine Resources1--
Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation17-
Minister of Gender & Children's Affairs1--
Minister of Gender and Child Welfare of Sierra Leone-2-
Minister of Health1--
Minister of Health of Sierra Leone-22
Minister of Information & Civic Education1--
Minister of Information and Communication of Sierra Leone-1-
Minister of Internal Affairs1--
Minister of Internal Affairs of Sierra Leone-2-
Minister of Justice & Attorney General1--
Minister of Labour and Social Security of Sierra Leone-2-
Minister of Lands & Housing1--
Minister of Lands and Country Planning of Sierra Leone-11
Minister of Local Government & Community Affairs1--
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development of Sierra Leone-11
Minister of Marine Resources of Sierra Leone-1-
Minister of Mineral Resources of Sierra Leone-3-
Minister of Mines & Mineral Resources1--
Minister of Planning and Economic Development1--
Minister of Planning and Economic Development of Sierra Leone-2-
Minister of Political and Public Affairs of Sierra Leone-1-
Minister of Public Administration & Political Affairs1--
Minister of Social Welfare1--
Minister of Social Welfare of Sierra Leone-1-
Minister of Sport of Sierra Leone-1-
Minister of Sports1--
Minister of Technical & Higher Education1--
Minister of Technical and Higher Education of Sierra Leone-1-
Minister of the Environment of Sierra Leone-1-
Minister of the Western Region1--
Minister of Tourism & Cultural Affairs1--
Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs of Sierra Leone-1-
Minister of Trade & Industry1--
Minister of Trade and Industry of Sierra Leone-2-
Minister of Transport & Aviation1--
Minister of Transport and Aviation of Sierra Leone-1-
Minister of Water Resources & Sanitation1--
Minister of Water Resources of Sierra Leone-2-
Minister of Works & Public Assets1--
Minister of Works and Public Assets of Sierra Leone-2-
Minister of Youth Affairs1--
Minister of Youth of Sierra Leone--1
Vice President of Sierra Leone-41
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of Parliament--124
Member of the Parliament of Sierra Leone-26
National judicial branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Sierra Leone-61
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor, Central Bank1--
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of France to Sierra Leone--1
ambassador of Germany to Sierra Leone-13
ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Sierra Leone--1
Ambassador to the US1--
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Sierra Leone-51
Sierra Leonean High Commissioner to the United Kingdom--1

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

Number of known occupants
Subnational executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Resident Minister, East1--
Resident Minister, North1--
Resident Minister, North West1--
Resident Minister, South1--

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
First Lady of Sierra Leone--1
President of the Republic of Sierra Leone1--

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...