But shortly, he was shifted to the newly created Economic Emergency Unit and posted in the Kambia District to counter the already deepening criminal activities along … In October 1987, Julius Maada Bio graduated from the military academy as a Second Lieutenant. Bio and several other Sierra Leonean soldiers, including Captain (OF-2)|Captain Valentine Strasser, and Lt Solomon Musa were deployed to Liberia as part of Sierra Leone's contingent to ECOMOG. She later went to St Joseph Convent Secondary School in Freetown.She holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree in Performing Art from the She began working in the African Film Industry in London. Musa, was sacked and exiled to the UK, Bio was appointed to the position of Deputy Chairman of the NPRC.On January 16, 1996, Bio led a military coup, ousting Captain Valentine Strasser, following a dispute within the governing Supreme Council of State (SCS) over whether to seek peace with the RUF before multi-party elections, planned for March 1996, or go ahead with the election notwithstanding the ongoing war in the country, and the conditions for participation (or disqualification) of junta members in the elections. His first posting was at the Lungi Airport.

Bio was born three years after Sierra Leone"s Independence during the administration of the Sierra Leone Prime Minister Sir Albert Margai of the SLPP. The soldiers included future NPRC members Lieutenant Solomon Musa, Captain Valentine Strasser, Lieutenant Sahr Sandy, and Lieutenant Tom Nyuma.On April 29, 1992, Bio was one of a group of young Sierra Leonean soldiers including Captain Valentine Strasser, Lieutenant Sahr Sandy, Lieutenant Solomon Musa, Lieutenant Tom Nyuma and Captain Komba Mondeh that toppled president Joseph Saidu Momohs All People's Congress (APC) government in a bloodless military coup. At that point, he was promoted to Captain alongside other junior lieutenants. Julius Maada Wonie Bio (born May 12, 1964) is a Sierra Leonean politician, and the 5th and current president of Sierra Leone since April 4, 2018. Bio was later posted to Kambia District as part of the Economic Emergency Unit, created by President Joseph Saidu Momoh to combat smuggling and other crimes along the Guinean border.

The coup was backed by many high-ranking NPRC After retiring from the military in 1996, Bio moved to the On the night of 31 July 2011, Julius Maada Bio won the election to become the SLPP's 2012 presidential candidate at the SLPP convention, which was held at the Youyi Building in the heart of Julius Maada Bio was elected President of Sierra Leone in a run-off election held 31 March 2018. The two emerged from a … His Excellency will be accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs Fatima… Fatima Maada Bio is the current First Lady of Sierra Leone as the wife of Julius Maada Bio, 5th President of Sierra Leone. Brig Julius Maada Bio, a devout catholic, asking a hand in marriage of Fatima Jabbe, a devout muslim, also shows that Rtd. Bio is the 33 of 35 children born to Sherbro Paramount Chief Charlie Bio II of Sogbini Chiefdom. She wrote, acted, and produced Nollywood films including "Battered", "Shameful Deceit", Ibu in Sierra Leone”, "Expedition Africa", "The Soul".In 2013, she won The Pan-African "Woman of the Year Award" from ‘All African Media’.On 27 June 2014, she gave birth to a son, Hamza Maada Bio who died three days after birth.On 7 September 2015, a year after losing their son, she delivered a healthy daughter, Amina.Bio is a Patron of a number of charities in the UK, including the John Utaka Foundation which helps African children and young people cope with health challenges. Bio's father had nine wives. After finishing his early years in primary school, Bio was sent to the town of After graduating from secondary school, Bio applied for admission into Fourah Bay College in Freetown in 1985 at age 21. The young soldiers formed the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) with Strasser as their leader and Head of State of Sierra Leone.Bio's first appointment following the formation of the NPRC was as the Secretary of State South, stationed in the country's second capital Bo. By Mustapha Wai, MambaTV, January 1, 2018 Fatima Bio has clearly been a very supportive wife of her husband, the SLPP flag bearer, Julius Maada Bio. Fatima Bio was born and raised in Koidu Town, Kono District in Eastern Sierra Leone. Samura Kamara, outgoing President Ernest Bai Koroma's pick as successor, will face off against Julius Maada Bio, who lost to Koroma in 2012. Brig. He was later moved to Freetown to serve as Secretary of State in charge of Information and Broadcasting. She is an actress, screenwriter and film producer in United Kingdom based Nollywood movies. He scored 51.8 percent of the votes, according to official results from Sierra Leone's National Elections Commission. As a leading member of the coup that kicked out the APC government, Bio served as Supreme Council of State member throughout the NPRC's stay in power and when Strasser's deputy, captain S.A.J. Bio began his primary education at the Roman Catholic Primary School in Tihun, Bonthe District.

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 August 2020: A press statement issued last night by State House in Freetown says that: “His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio will depart Sierra Leone today, Thursday 27 August 2020, on a private visit to the Republic of Lebanon. Julius Maada Bio symbolises a politician who cut across religions and has extolled the virtues of our religious tolerance as a nation where a young Christian man can marry to a young muslim woman or a young muslim man can marry to a young Christian woman. However, Bio ultimately enrolled in the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces military academy at Bio graduated from the Military academy as a Second Lieutenant in the Sierra Leone Army in October 1987 at age 23. His first post as a commissioned officer was at the Lungi Garrison in Port Loko District in 1987.

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 February 2019: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone and his wife Mrs Fatima Bio have today arrived in Banjul for the start of a three day state visit to the Gambia, hosted by the Gambia leader – president Adama Barrow and his wife Mrs Fatoumatta Bah Barrow.

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