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Joseph Saidu Momoh (January 26, 1937–August 3, 2003) was President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Biography
Momoh served as President of Sierra Leone from November 28, 1985 to April 29 1992. A professional soldier drawn into politics, Momoh rose from the enlisted ranks, to the highest position in the Sierra Leone Military Forces (Major-General), and finally to the presidency. In 1985 Momoh succeeded President Siaka Stevens by becoming the only candidate in a one-party election under the banner of the All People's Congress party (APC). Momoh declared a state of economic emergency early in his rule, granting himself greater control over Sierra Leone's economy, but he was not regarded as a dictator. Instead, his people viewed him as far too weak and inattentive to the affairs of state, allowing his notoriously corrupt advisors to manipulate matters behind the scenes. Sierra Leone's economy gradually disintegrated under Momoh's rule, and the country's currency decreased in value. Sierra Leone reached the point under President Momoh where it could not afford to import gasoline and fuel oil, and the country went without electricity for months at a time. In September, 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the start of the Sierra Leone Civil War, Momoh ushered in a new constitution, providing for a multi-party state and ending the single party rule Stevens initiated in the 1970s. But Momoh's efforts at reform came too late to rescue Sierra Leone from chaos. Momoh was overthrown in a military coup staged by Valentine Strasser, a 25-year-old army captain, in April, 1992. Strasser's cabinet members were young lieutenants and captains in their 20s. Momoh spent the last years of his life as a guest of the military government in neighboring Guinea, where he died in exile. This page contains a list of presidents and other heads of state of Sierra Leone since 1971. ...
Siaka Probyn Stevens (August 24, 1905–May 29, 1988) was the President of Sierra Leone from 1971 to 1985. ...
The All Peoples Congress is a political party in Sierra Leone. ...
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Valentine Esegragbo Melvine Strasser (born 1967) is a former head of state of Sierra Leone. ...
His son Saidu Momoh lives in Tinley Park and hangs with Dan Falls and they go to The Hut which is some ghetto gas station by Mount Carmel where Falls would get shot and chill every Wednesday.
References - Reno, William. Corruption and State Politics in Sierra Leone (New York: Cambridge University Press), 1995.
- Tuchscherer, Konrad. “Joseph Saidu Momoh,” Encyclopedia of Modern Dictators, ed. by Frank J. Coppa (New York: Peter Lang), 2006, pp. 189-191.
- Tuchscherer, Konrad. “Joseph Saidu Momoh: A Legacy of Missed Opportunity,” Awoko (Freetown, Sierra Leone), 25 July 2003, p. 7.
- Tuchscherer, Konrad. “Joseph Saidu Momoh: Human Rights,” Daily Observer (Banjul, The Gambia), 14 August 2003, p. 12.
External links - Sierra Leone News about his conviction, November 1998
- News about his release, IRIN November 1999
- The Gouvernment of Sierra Leone about his death, August 2003
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