Vice-President of Sierra Leone

The Vice-President of Sierra Leone is the second most senior government official in the executive branch of the Republic of Sierra Leone government after the president. The vice president only constitutional power is to replace the president of Sierra Leone if the president resigned or is removed from office by the Sierra Leone parliament. Other than that the power of the vice president depends on the role delegated to the office by the president.

Vice presidents

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
1 Brigadier David Lansana
(1922–1975)
23 March 1967 25 March 1967 Military
2 Commissioner Leslie William Leigh
(1921–1980)
Chairman of the NRC
25 March 1967 28 March 1967 Military
3 Brigadier Andrew Juxon-Smith
(1931–1996)
Chairman of the NRC
28 March 1967 18 April 1968
(Deposed in a coup)
Military
4 Brigadier John Amadu Bangura
(1930–1970)
Chairman of the ACRM
18 April 1968 22 April 1968 Military
5 Leslie William Leigh March 1967 April 1968 military juntas
6 Sorie Ibrahim Koroma
(1930–1994)
19 April 1971 28 November 1985 All People's Congress
7 Christian Alusine Kamara-Taylor
(1917–1985)
1978 May 1984 All People's Congress
8 Francis Misheck Minah
(1929–1989)
May 1984 November 1985 All People's Congress
28 November 1985 4 April 1987 All People's Congress
9 Abu Bakar Kamara
(born 1929)
November 1985 4 April 1987 All People's Congress
4 April 1987 September 1991 All People's Congress
10 Salia Jusu-Sheriff
(1929–2009)
4 April 1987 1991 Sierra Leone People's Party
11 Abdulai Osman Conteh
(1945–2024)
1991 29 April 1992 All People's Congress
12 Joseph Bandabla Dauda
(1942–2017)
November 1991 29 April 1992 All People's Congress
13 Solomon Musa May 1992 June 1993 military juntas
14 Julius Maada Bio June 1993 March 1995
15 Komba Mondeh January 1996 March 1996
16 Albert Joe Demby
(1934–2021)
29 March 1996 25 May 1997 Sierra Leone People's Party
17 Foday Sankoh Solomon Musa 25 May 1997 13 February 1998
18 Albert Joe Demby
(1934–2021)
13 February 1998 1999 Sierra Leone People's Party
19 Foday Sankoh
(1937–2003)
1999 2000 Revolutionary United Front
20 Albert Joe Demby
(1934–2021)
2000 May 2002 Sierra Leone People's Party
21 Solomon Ekuma Berewa
(1938–2020)
May 2002 17 September 2007 Sierra Leone People's Party
22 Samuel Sam-Sumana
(born 1962)
17 September 2007 17 March 2015 All People's Congress
23 Victor Bockarie Foh
(born 1946)
17 March 2015 4 April 2018 All People's Congress
24 Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh
(born 1970 or 1971)
4 April 2018 Incumbent Sierra Leone People's Party

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