DR. ALPHA KANU
GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE
PRESS RELEASE
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT DR. SAMURA KAMARA IS STEPPING ASIDE FROM HIS POSITION AS MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION SO THAT HE WILL BECOME FULLY ENGAGED IN HIS PRESIDENTIAL BID IN THE FORTHCOMING 2018 NATIONAL ELECTIONS. IT HAS THEREFORE PLEASED HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING MINISTERIAL AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF PARLIAMENT WHERE NECESSARY:
MINISTERS
DR. KAIFALA MARAH – MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
MAJ (RTD) ALFRED PALO CONTEH – MINISTER OF DEFENCE
MAJ (RTD) ISMAEL SENGU KOROMA – MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
ALHAJI AMB. DR. ALPHA KANU – MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS
MINISTERS OF STATE
MR. ERIC DURA SESAY – MINISTER OF STATE, OFFICE OF THE
VICE-PRESIDENT
MR. MOMOH VANDI – MINISTER OF STATE II, MINISTRY OF
FINANCE AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
DEPUTY MINISTERS
MR. BRIMA BANGURA – DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CAPT (RTD) ABDUL RAHMAN KAMARA – DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERNAL
AFFAIRS
MR. TAMBA OPEL SAM SUMANA – DEPUTY MINISTER OF SOCIAL
WELFARE, GENDER AND
CHILDREN’S AFFAIRS
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
AMB. ALIMAMY P. KOROMA – SPECIAL ADVISER AND
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE
DR. JOSEPH SAM SESAY – SPECIAL ADVISER AND
CO-ORDINATOR SIERRA LEONE
INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKS
END
STATE HOUSE
FREETOWN 4TH DECEMBER, 2017
