Alhaji ahmad tejan kabbah biography

3rd President of Sierra Leone (1996–97, 1998–2007)

Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (16 February 1932 – 13 March 2014) was a Sierra Leonean politician who served twice as the 3rd President of Sierra Leone, from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007.^[1] An economist and attorney by profession, Kabbah spent many years working for the United Nations Development Programme.^[1] He retired from the United Nations and returned to Sierra Leone in 1992.^[1]

In early 1996, Kabbah was elected leader of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and was the party's presidential candidate in the country's first free presidential election later that year.

He was elected with 59% of the vote, defeating his closest rival, John Karefa-Smart of the United National People's Party (UNPP), who had 40% in the runoff vote and conceded defeat. International observers declared the election free and fair.

Kabbah campaigned on a promise to end the civil war if ele