Sierra Leone
Parliament
About parliament
Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.
Parliament name
Parliament
Chamber name
Parliament
Parliamentary term (years)
5
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1963 to 1967
from 1969 to 1982
from 2008
IPU Geopolitical Group/s
IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
African Group
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of Parliament
Speaker
Abass
Chernor Bundu
(Male)
Year of birth
1948
Term
25.04.2018
Secretary General
Official title
This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Clerk
Secretary General
Umar Paran
Tarawally
(Male)
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
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Directly elected members
Directly elected by citizens.
132
Indirectly elected members
Indirectly elected, for example by regional parliaments or an electoral college.
14
Note on the statutory number of members
Indirectly elected members: Fourteen Paramount Chiefs are elected to represent the 14 provincial districts.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Statutory number of members per country
As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
Population (in thousands)
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Age
Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Mohamed Billoh Shaw (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
83
Oldest member
Matilda Yayu Lansana Minah IV (Female)
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 2 | 32 | 33 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 67 | Total >= 46: 58 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 2 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
Members for whom data is available
124
Reserved seats and quotas
There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Number of reserved seats, by group
Notes
Paramount Chiefs
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
There is a policy that advocates for a 30% quota for women in awarding party symbols.
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Constitution for Paramount Chiefs
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
List of members
Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.