Sierra Leone is one of the world’s poorest countries. The country has in recent years slowly climbed out of a deep depression after it had been totally disrupted and destroyed by a vicious civil war that raged between 1991 and 2001.
Parliament: House of Representatives. 68 Members. Elections every five years. Suffrage from 18 years. Since May 28, 1997, the parliament dissolved. The unicameral with 112 seats elected every five years. The president is both head of government as head of state, and Sierra Leone is part of the Commonwealth. The government leader is Brigadier General (Rtd) Julius Made Bio van de SLPP, SL Peoples Party (since 2018)..