Ruler · 1967 – present

Valentine Strasser

Born 1967, living; politician. President of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone), 1992 – 1996.

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

Lived: since 1967; living
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sierra Leone
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

President of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone · the 3rd of 8 dated reigns · 1971 – 2018

Siaka Stevens1971 – 1985

Joseph Saidu Momoh1985 – 1992

Valentine Strasser1992 – 1996

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah1996 – 1997

Johnny Paul Koroma1997 – 1998

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah1998 – 2007

2 after

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

Reigned 1992 – 1996 · 4 years · came to it aged 25

Came to it: seized power
Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

In the context of the Sierra Leone Civil War which had erupted in the previous year, he led a coup d'état in 1992 which overthrew president Joseph Saidu Momoh.

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