Country Profile:
Upcoming Elections
- Presidential
August 2012 - Legislative
August 2012
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Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Ahmad Tejan KABBAH *
- Head of Government: President Ahmad Tejan KABBAH
- Assembly: Sierra Leone has a unicameral Parliament with 124 seats.
* The president is both the chief of state and head of government.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
- In the Parliament, 112 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms and 12 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 5-year terms.***
*** 12 seats are filled by paramount chiefs elected in separate elections.
Population:
- Population: 6,005,250 (July 2006 est.)
Future elections
- Presidential - August 2012
- Legislative - August 2012
Past elections
- Presidential
Second Round - September 8, 2007 - Legislative - August 11, 2007
- Presidential - August 11, 2007
- Presidential - May 14, 2002
- Legislative - May 14, 2002
Last Updated on 02/04/2010
