Samuel Sam-Sumana : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

April 7, 1962(age 54)

Place of birth

Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone

Nationality

Sierra Leonean

Ethnicity

Kono

Political party

All People's Congress (APC)

Spouse

Haja Khadija Sam-Sumana

Children

three children

Residence

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Alma mater

Metropolitan State University Minneapolis � Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Profession

Businessman, Information systems technician, Computer repair technician

Religion

Islam

Vice President of Sierra Leone

Assumed office

September 17, 2007

President

Ernest Bai Koroma

Preceded by

Solomon Berewa

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Alhaji Sahr Samuel Sam-Sumana (born April 7, 1962 in Koidu Town, Kono District) is a Sierra Leonean politician, and the current Vice President of Sierra Leone. He became the newest Vice President on September 17, 2007, running as part of the All People's Congress (APC) alongside Presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma that defeated Presidential candidate Solomon Berewa and his Vice Presidential candidate Momodou Koroma on the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) ticket. Sam-Sumana is the first Sierra Leonean Vice president from Kono District and the country's first vice president from the Kono ethnic group.

Samuel Sam-Sumana holds a Bachelor degree of Science (BSC) in Management Information System from the Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States . He also holds a diploma in Computer Network Support Specialist from Knollwood Computer and Business School, in St Louis Park, Minnesota, United States.

Sam-Sumana is married to Khadija Sam-Sumana. The couple were residing in Minnesota, but returned to Freetown when Sam-Sumana was named as the running mate by the then main opposition leader and current Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma on the ticket of the All People's Congress (APC).