Abu Aiah Koroma Prime minister

Abu Aiah Koroma (26 November 1928 – 6 March 2005) was a lawyer and politician in Sierra Leone. Koroma began his political career as Attorney General in 1967 and 1968. He returned to government in 1976 when he became Managing Director of the National Diamond Mining Company until 1987. In 1991 and 1992, Koroma was the Minister of Mineral Resources. In 1996, he ran as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Centre Party and gained just 4.9% of the national vote in the initial round of voting. After Ahmed Tejan Kabbah won the presidency, Koroma was named Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs, which lasted until Kabbah's re-election in 2002. Koroma died in 2005 at the age of 76.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 26, 1928
Birth place
Sierra Leone , Kono District , Koidutown-Sefadu
Religion
Christianity
Date of deathMarch 06, 2005
Place of death
Sierra Leone , Freetown
Education
Fourah Bay College
Spouse
Danke Koroma
Children
Profession
Lawyer

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Politician

office
Sierra Leone Minister of Natural Resources
Attorney General of Sierra Leone and minister of Justice
party
All People's Congress

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