Speaker of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone

Speaker of the House of Parliament of the Republic of Sierra Leone
Incumbent Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge since 2007
Style	The Honourable Speaker
Appointer	Parliament of Sierra Leone (Elected by)
Constituting instrument	1991 Sierra Leone Constitution
Formation	1957
First holder	Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston
Succession	Second in line of presidential succession, after the Vice President

Speaker of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone is the presiding officer of Parliament of Sierra Leone. The speaker is the overall leader of Parliament, and is directly elected by sitting members of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone. Like other members of Parliament, the speaker is address as the Honourable.

The speaker is given the constitutional power to presides over parliament; calls members of parliament into session; and discipline members who break the rules of Parliament. The current Speaker of Parliament is the Honourable Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge ((APC),^[1] who was reelected unnoposed on December 7, 2012 for a new five-year term as Speaker.^[2] The first speaker of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament is the Honourable Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston who served from 1957 to 1962

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List of Speakers of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone

Name	In office
Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston	1957–1962
Sir Banja Tejan-Sie	1962–1967
Sir Emile Luke	1968 - 1973
Percy Davies	1973 - 1977
Justice Singer Betts	1977 - 1986
William Niaka Stephen Conteh	1986 - 1992
Military Junta	1992 - 1996
Sheku Mohamed Fadril Kutubu	1996 - 2000
Edmund Cowan	2000–2007
Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge	2007–Present

References

External links

http://www.thisissierraleone.com/sierra-leone-re-the-speaker-of-parliament-by-dr-abdulai-o-conteh/

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