Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya

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Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya
Speaker of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone
Assumed office
January 21, 2014
Preceded by Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge
Majority leader of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone
In office
2007–2014
Succeeded by Ibrahim Rassin Bundu
Member of the House of Parliament for Constituency 100 in the Western Area Urban District
Assumed office
2007
Personal details
Born (1945-11-25) November 25, 1945 (age 78)
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Nationality Sierra Leonean
Political party All People's Congress (APC)
Residence Freetown, Sierra Leone
Religion Islam

Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya (born November 25, 1945 [1]) commonly known as S.B.B. Dumbuya, is a Sierra Leonean politician and the current Speaker of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone[2][3][4]. A prominent member of the ruling All People's Congress (APC), S.B.B. Dumbuya was elected as Speaker on January 21, 2014 with one hundred parliamentarians voted in his favor, and fifteen parliamentarians voted for his opponent Bu-Buakei Jabbi of the main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)[5]. S.B.B. Dumbuya succeeded Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge as speaker[6].

Before being elected as speaker, S.B.B. Dumbuya was previously the majority leader of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone.[1][2] He is an elected representative in the House of Parliament of Constituency 100 in the Freetown's neighbourhood of Kissi in the Western Area Urban District. He was re-elected in a landslide to Parliament in the 2012 Sierra Leone Parliamentary elections with 60.65%, defeating his closest rival Sheka Kanu of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) who took 30.76%.[3] S.B.B. Dumbuya is an outspoken politician and a close ally of Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma.

References

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