Mandi people entered this area in the13rd century. 1462, Portuguese colonists invaded, and then Dutch, French and British colonists brought 400 "free" slaves and settled in Freetown. 1808 coastal areas became British colonies, and 1896 became British "protected areas". 196 1 declared independence on April 27th, but remained in the Commonwealth. 197 1 09 April 19, the Republic was founded and siaka stevens became president. 1in June, 978, the constitution of a one-party republic was adopted by referendum. In the general election of June 1985, Major General joseph saidu momoh, commander of the armed forces, was elected president. In the later period of Mo Mo's administration, he completed the transformation from one-party system to multi-party system. 199 1 year, the Revolutionary United Front led by Foday Sankoh launched a rebellion. 1in April, 1992, a group of young officers of the counter-insurgency front staged a coup, overthrew Momo's regime, and set up a "National Provisional Governing Council" headed by Captain strasser to take over the state power. 1996 1 10 In October, Biot, vice chairman of the National Provisional Governing Council, launched a bloodless coup and became the chairman. In February, Sierra Leone held its first multi-party presidential and parliamentary elections, and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, a candidate of the People's Party, was elected president.
Since Kabbah came to power, he has adhered to the policy of national reconciliation and devoted himself to ending the civil war and restoring domestic peace and stability. On May 1997, Major Koroma staged a coup and established a military regime including RUF. President Kabbah went into exile in Guinea. 1In February 1998, the peacekeeping forces of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) overthrew the Serbian military regime, and in March, President Kabbah returned to China to resume his post. On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2000, the Serbian government and RUF signed a ceasefire agreement in Abuja, Nigeria, and began to implement the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) plan. June 5438+October 2002 10, Serbia held a ceremony to end the disarmament process, collect weapons and burn them, thus declaring the end of the civil war. In May, President Kabbah won the general election and was re-elected. In February 2004, the demobilization programme was officially terminated. At present, the political situation in Serbia is basically stable.
The current constitution was promulgated on September 24th, 199 1. According to the Constitution, the President is the head of state, the head of cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and has the right to appoint and remove the Vice President, cabinet ministers, army commanders, police chiefs, attorneys general, chief judges and a number of designated members of parliament. The president's term of office is five years, and he can be re-elected, but not more than two times.
Parliament implements a single house of representatives system with a term of five years. The current parliament was established in May 2002, with 124 members, including chiefs 12 elected by big chiefs and ordinary members 1 12 elected by voters, including 83 members of the Sierra Leone People's Party, 27 members of the National People's Congress and 2 members of the Peace Liberation Party.
Cabinet system of government president. The current government was established on July 6, 2002. The main members are President and Minister of National Defense Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Vice President Semou Sam Soumana, Minister of Finance David Karoo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Zainab bangura and Minister of National Defense Paul Conte. Attorney General Abdul Serry-Kamal, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure John Sahid Saab, Minister of Trade and Industry Alimamy Koroma, Minister of Health Socohkabia, Minister of Education Minkailu Bah, Minister of Youth and Sports Kemoh Sesay, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Dr Sesay, Minister of Agriculture Hindolo Trye, Minister of Tourism and Culture Alhaji I.B. Kargbo Bo, Minister of Information and Communication Haja Afsatu Kabba, Minister of Energy and Electricity Abubacarr Jalloh, Minister of Mines President and Minister of Public Affairs Alpha Kanu; Minister of Social Welfare and Children's Affairs Musa Kandeh Minister of Employment and Social Security Minkailu Mansaray