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The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone is a cabinet minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Sierra Leone, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
The following is a list of foreign ministers of Sierra Leone since its founding in 1961: [1]
No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Tenure |
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1 | John Karefa-Smart (1915–2010) | 1961–1964 | |
2 | Cyril B. Rogers-Wright (1910–1971) | 1964–1965 | |
3 | Maigore Kallon (1929–2015) | 1965–1967 | |
4 | Leslie William Leigh (1921–1980) | 1967–1968 | |
5 | Luseni A. M. Brewah (1925–?) | 1968–1969 | |
6 | Cyril Foray (1934–2003) | 1969–1971 | |
7 | Solomon Athanasius James Pratt (1921–2017) | 1971–1973 | |
8 | Desmind Luke (b. 1935) | 1973–1975 | |
9 | Francis Minah (1929–1989) | 1975–1977 | |
10 | Abdulai Conteh (1945–2024) | 1977–1984 | |
11 | Sheka Hassan Kanu (b. 1932) | 1984–1985 | |
12 | Abdul Karim Koroma (b. 1944) | 1985–1991 | |
13 | Ahmed Ramadan Dumbuya (b. 1942) | 1991–1992 | |
14 | Mohamed Lamin Kamara (b. 1943) | 1992–1993 | |
15 | Karefa Kargbo | 1993–1994 | |
16 | Abass Bundu (b. 1948) | 1994–1995 | |
17 | Alusine Fofanah (b. 1952) | 1995–1996 | |
18 | Melvin Chalobah (b. 1944) | 1996 | |
(3) | Maigore Kallon (1929–2015) | 1996 | |
19 | Shirley Gbujama (b. 1936) | 1996–1997 | |
20 | Alimamy Pallo Bangura (b. 1950?) | 1997–1998 | |
21 | Sama Banya (b. 1930) | 1998–2001 | |
(13) | Ahmed Ramadan Dumbuya (b. 1942) | 2001–2002 | |
22 | Momodu Koroma (b. 1956) | 2002–2007 | |
23 | Zainab Bangura (b. 1959) | 2007–2010 | |
24 | J. B. Dauda (1942–2017) | 2010–2012 | |
25 | Samura Kamara (b. 1963) | 2012–2017 | |
26 | Kaifala Marah | 2017–2018 | |
27 | Alie Kabba | 2018–2019 | |
28 | Nabeela Tunis | 2019–2021 | |
29 | David J. Francis (b. 1965) | 2021–2023 | |
30 | Timothy Kabba | 2023–present |
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