Siaka stevens biography for kids
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The Stevens Family and The Executor of the Estate of the Late Dr. Siaka P. Stevens, have taken the decision to republish “What Life Has Taught Me”. The republication is in two parts. Part I covers the political career of Siaka Stevens and his role in shaping the political landscape of modern Sierra Leone. Part II covers his early childhood, growing up, education, surviving the depression, and his first job.
Dr. Siaka Probyn Stevens continues to influence the politics of Sierra Leone and the lives of Sierra Leoneans. He is part of the history of Sierra Leone. It is therefore important that Sierra Leoneans have access to his autobiography.
Dr. Siaka P. Stevens was a pioneer in many ways; (in ) he was both leader of the Opposition and Mayor of Freetown simultaneously, a feat yet unparalleled and unprecedented in the political history of Sierra Leone; the first Opposition Leader in Africa to lead his Party to Government through the ballot box; the second African President (after L
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Siaka Stevens
Leader of Sierra Leone from
For Ghanaian politician, see Siaka Stevens (Ghanaian politician).
Siaka Probyn Stevens (24 August – 29 May ) was the leader of Sierra Leone from to , serving as Prime Minister from to and as President from to Stevens' leadership was often characterized by patrimonial rule and self-indulgence, consolidating power by means of corruption and exploitation.[1]
Stevens and his All People's Congress (APC) party won the closely contested Sierra Leone general elections over incumbent Prime Minister Sir Albert Margai of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). In April , Stevens made Sierra Leone a republic and became president a day after the constitution had been ratified by the Sierra Leone Parliament. Though generally considered as the first president of Sierra Leone, technically he was the second President of the Republic after Christopher Okoro Cole, a judge, who was sworn in for a day after which he resigned, paving the way fo
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Siaka Stevens (24 August – 29 May ) was head of state of Sierra Leone from 26 April to 28 November , succeeding Albert Margai and preceding Joseph Saidu Momoh, girst as Prime Minister from to and then as President from to He oversaw Sierra Leone's transition to a republic, but he reigned as a military dictator until his resignation in
Biography[]
Siaka Stevens born on 24 August in Moyamba, Sierra Leone to a Limba father and Mende mother. He served in the colonial army of Sierra Leone under the United Kingdom and co-founded the Sierra Leone People's Party in with Milton Margai. Stevens later broke with the SLPP and exploited ethnic tensions in the country to form eller gestalt the All People's församling party, and in he led a military coup against Albert Margai's government. Stevens became the new military dictator of the country, and in he declared that Sierra Leone was now a republic and no longer a colonial government. He had general John Amadu Bangura executed to remove the military from