Country Profile:

Upcoming Elections

  • Presidential
    August 2012
  • Legislative
    August 2012
Sierra Leone
  • Sierra Leone
  • Republic of Sierra Leone
  • Region: Africa

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

Last Updated on 02/04/2010