Chernor Maju Bah

Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah
Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Sierra Leone
Assumed office
December 8, 2012
Preceded by Victor Chukuma Johnson
Parliamentary Chairman of the Mines and Minerals Resources Committee
Assumed office
2010
Chairman of the Parliamentarry Legislative Committee
In office
2010–2012
Succeeded by Ajibola Manly-Spaine[1]
Personal details
Born Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah
(1972-04-29) 29 April 1972
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Nationality Sierra Leonean
Political party All People's Congress (APC)
Residence Freetown, Sierra Leone,
Alma mater Fourah Bay College
Profession Lawyer
Religion Islam

Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah(born April 29, 1972 ) also commonly known by his nickname Chericoco is Sierra Leonean lawyer and politician who is currently the Deputy speaker of parliament of Sierra Leone and Parliamentary Chairman of the Mines and Minerals Resources Committee . He had also served as Chairman of the Parliamentarry Legislative Committee.

He is a member of the Sierra Leone Parliament from the Western Area Urban District, representing constituency 110, which is mainly made up of the neighborhood of Brookfields in Freetown. He is the ruling All People's Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate for the 2018 Sierra Leone presidential election, having named the APC vice presidential candidate at the party's convention in Makeni on October 15, 2017.

Chernor Maju Bah was first elected a member of parliament in the 2007 Sierra Leone Parliamentary elections. He was re-elected in the 2012 Sierra Leone Parliamentary elections with 68.45%, defeating his main opponent Joseph Maada Soyei of the main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP).[2]

Chernor Maju Bah was born and raised in the neighborhood of Brookfield in the capital Freetown. He is a practicing Muslim and a member of the Fula ethnic group from Freetown. He is a Barrister-Solicitor by profession.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201306242383.html
  2. ↑ http://www.nec-sierraleone.org/index_files/Parliamentary_Results/Parliamentary_OMP_PCMP%20Result%202012.pdf
  3. ↑ http://politicosl.com/2012/06/guest-writer-in-search-of-koroma%E2%80%99s-running-mate/
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