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Julius Maada Bio

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Julius Maada Bio is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Julius Maada Bio · Τζούλιους Μαάντα Μπίο · Джулиус Маада Био · Джуліус Маада Біо · ג'וליוס מאדה ביו · 6 more...				[sources]
Alias	Julius Maada Wonie Bio				[sources]
Weak alias	ジュリウス・マーダ・ビオ				[sources]
Birth date	1964-05-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Tihun				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Sierra Leone				[sources]
Classification	International organization (unknown status) · National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Julius				[sources]
Political association	Sierra Leone People's Party				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q283829				[sources]
Position	Chairperson of ECOWAS (2025-) · Chief of the Defence Staff (Sierra Leone) (1995-1996) · President · President of Sierra Leone (2018-) · President of the Republic of Sierra Leone				[sources]
Education	American University · Bo School · University of Bradford (-2016)				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-15	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

President of Sierra Leone since 2018

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-06-30

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Person Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Chairperson of ECOWAS	2025-06-22	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Fatima Maada Bio Politician	spouse	2013	-

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,964

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,100

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UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,077

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US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government873

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons270,889

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions508,634

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,870

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-sierra-leone-julius-maada-bio-president · unprot-da439d49ac4ca4818e835816d9d460f77127e4b7 · unprot-d8a9df59b7986e173397fd522f79aae609e2e4c2

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