Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge is a Sierra Leonean politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone from 2007 through November 2013.[1][2] He is a member of the ruling All People's Congress (APC) and represents the Western Area Urban District. Bankole Stronge succeeded Edmund Cowan of the Sierra Leone People's Party as speaker of Parliament after the 2007 Sierra Leone Presidential and Legislative elections.
Justice Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone | |
| In office 25 September 2007 – 19 November 2013 | |
| President | Ernest Bai Koroma |
| Preceded by | Edmund Cowan |
| Succeeded by | Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Political party | All People's Congress (APC) |
| Residence(s) | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Alma mater | Fourah Bay College |
Bankole Stronge was born in Freetown. He is a Christian and a member of the Creole ethnic minority who mostly live in the Western Area of Sierra Leone.[3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Politico SL News » Drama in Parliament as Sierra Leone gets new Speaker". Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ^ "Dr. Abdulai Conteh Comments on Controversial Speaker Issue". 22 November 2013.
- ^ Walker, James W (1992). "Chapter Five: Foundation of Sierra Leone". The Black Loyalists: The Search for a Promised Land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, 1783–1870. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 94–114. ISBN 978-0-8020-7402-7., originally published by Longman & Dalhousie University Press (1976).
- ^ Taylor, Bankole Kamara (February 2014). Sierra Leone: The Land, Its People and History. New Africa Press. p. 68. ISBN 9789987160389.
- ^ Watkins, Thayer. "Economic History of Sierra Leone". San José State University, Department of Economics. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
External links
edit- https://web.archive.org/web/20090707014728/http://www.sl-parliament.org/composition.htm
- http://allafrica.com/stories/200907300505.html
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