"Sierra Leone achieved independence from Britain on 27 April 1961, led by Milton Margai, who became the country´s first Prime Minister. Sierra Leone held its first ...
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general elections as an Independent nation in May 1962, and Margai´s Sierra Leone People´s Party (SLPP) and its allies won the vast majority of seats in Parliament. Under the leadership of Albert Margai, who was elected by parliament as Prime Minister in 1964 after the death of his brother Milton Margai, SLPP narrowly lost the 1967 Sierra Leone parliamentary election to the main opposition party the All People´s Congress (APC), led by Siaka Stevens, an outspoken critic of the SLPP government." - (en.wikipedia.org 21.09.2020)
- Latitude8.5
- Longitude-11.916666984558
- Population5245695
