Speaker of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone


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 preside over parliament. Further, they call members of parliament into session, nd discipline members who break the rules of Parliament. The first speaker of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament is the Honourable Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston who served from 1957 to 1962

List of speakers

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston19571962
Sir Banja Tejan-Sie19621967
Sir Emile Luke19681973
Justice Percy Davies19731977
Justice Singer Betts19771986
William Niaka Stephen Conteh1986May 1992
In abeyance, military juntaMay 19921996
Justice Sheku Mohamed Fadril Kutubu1996May 1997
In abeyance, military juntaMay 1997February 1998
Justice Sheku Mohamed Fadril KutubuFebruary 19982000
Justice Edmund Cowan20002007
Justice Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge25 September 200719 November 2013
Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya19 November 20132018
Abass Bundu25 April 2018Incumbent