Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
The Republic of Sierra Leone (Female suffrage 1958) 1809 British Colony of
Freetown, independent 1960/61 and a republic 1971
Also see Sierra Leone Heads and Sierra Leone Parliament
1990-96 the Ministers were called Secretaries
of State
1961-71 Elizabeth the Second, Queen
of Sierra Leone and of Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the
Commonwealth (27.04-19.04)
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since 1952
1962 Minister of State Paramount
Chief Madam Ella Koblo Gulama
1962-67 Minister without Portfolio
Paramount Chief of Kaiyamba 1953-67 and 1992-2006. The first female MP 1957-67. Lived (1921-2006)
1982-86 Parliamentary Special
Assistant to the Minister of Tourism and Culture (Vice-Minister) A.H. Kallon
1983-85 Minister of State (Food
Affairs) Agnes D.A.B. Labour
1985 Minister of State (Food
Affairs) Agnes Ben Davis
Ca. 1981-85 Permanent Secretary of Ministry of the Interior
1989-91 Minister of State of
Finance Emma Claye-Simbo
1992-93 Minister of State of Finance
1989 Minister of State of Rural Development, Social Services and Youth
1991-93 Deputy Minister of Transport, Communication and Tourism Mathilda Contele
1991-92 Secretary of State of
Social Affairs and Health Agnes Taylor-Lewis
2002-07 Minister of Health and Sanitation
1991-92 Deputy Minister of
Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries Emma Simb
1994-96 Secretary of State of
Education Christiana Thorpe
Former nun, School Headmistress, she is the foster mother of several children.
Chief Electoral Commissioner from 2005. (b. 1958-).
1996 Minister of Information, Broadcasting
and Culture Margaret A. Idriss
1996-97 Minister of Gender and Children's
Affairs Amy Smythe
1996-97 Minister of Tourism and
Culture Shirley Yema Gbujoma
1997-98 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation (1998
minister-in-exile)
1998-2007 Minister of Social Welfare, Children’s Affairs and Gender
Around 1970 she was ambassador to Senegal.
1996-97 Deputy Minister in the
Office of the Vice-President Terese Koroma
1999-2007 Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
2007- Minister of Energy and Power
MP for the All People's Congress (APC) 2002-07, she was candidate for the post
of her party's vice-presidential candidate and later Vice-Chairperson of the
transition team
1997-98 Minister of Social
Welfare, Children and Gender Major Kula Samba
Member of the Military Junta which took power in a military coup d’etat in 1997.
1998-99 Minister of Lands, Housing
and Country Planning Assatu Kabbah
1998-2001 Deputy Minister of Works, Housing and Technical Maintenance Sia Ngongou
1999-2002 Minister of Development
and Economic Planning Dr. Kadi Sesay
2002-07 Minister of Trade and Industry
She is former APC Minister and Leader of the People's Democratic Party
1999-2001 Deputy Minister of
Transportation and Communication Susan Lahai
2002-07 Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs Angela Memuna Koroma
2003-07 Deputy Minister of Works, Housing and Technical Maintenance Sia Ngongou
2007-10 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation Zainab Hawa
Bangura
2010- Minister of Health and Sanitation
Co-founder and Chairperson of the Movement for Progress in 2002
and Presidential Candidate the same year and hief Civil Affairs Officer of the
United Nations Mission in Liberia from 2005.
2007- Minister of Social Welfare Gender and Childrens Affairs Musu
Kandeh
MP for the All People's Congress (APC) 2002-07. With the
nomination of 3 women, the new cabinet will have 15% female members.
Last update 12.12.10