Ruler · 1905 – 1988

Siaka Stevens

Lived 1905 – 1988; politician. President of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone), 1971 – 1985.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1905 – 1988; 83 years
In office: 14 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sierra Leone
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone · the 1st of 8 dated reigns · 1971 – 2018

Siaka Stevens1971 – 1985

Joseph Saidu Momoh1985 – 1992

Valentine Strasser1992 – 1996

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah1996 – 1997

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1971 – 1985 · 14 years · came to it aged 66

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: resigned

Stevens retired from office at the end of his term on 28 November 1985.

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