Chief Alhaji Bai Sherbora Sumanoh Kapen III, commonly known as Chief Sumanoh Kapen, is a Sierra Leonean politician who has been chairman and leader of Sierra Leone's main opposition party, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), since 2013. Previously he was paramount chief of Mambolo Chiefdom in Kambia District.[1][2]
Sumanoh Kapen | |
|---|---|
| Chairman and leader of the Sierra Leone People's Party | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | John Oponjo Benjamin |
| Paramount chief of Mambolo Chiefdom, Kambia District | |
| In office 1989–2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alhaji Bai Sherbora Sumanoh Kapen III Mambolo Chiefdom, Kambia District, Sierra Leone |
| Political party | Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) |
| Residence(s) | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Alma mater | Fourah Bay College |
He served as Paramount Chief of Mambolo Chiefdom in Kambia District from 1989 to 2007. In 2011, he was elected deputy leader of the SLPP party.
Chief Kapen was elected chairman and leader of the SLPP at the party's 2013 convention held in the southern city of Bo, defeating his closest rival, former Ambassador to Ghana Alie Bangura, in a close race for the SLPP leadership position.[3]
Chief Kapen is a devout Muslim and a member of the Temne ethnic group from Kambia District in northern Sierra Leone.
References edit
- ^ "History Will Repeat Itself -Dr. Prince Harding - News in Sierra Leone". Mysierraleoneonline.com. 2013-07-27. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ "Chief Kapen: "No one wants the SLPP to win like us Northerners" « Africa Young Voices (AYV)". africayoungvoices.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Sheku Sheriff's Diary: Chief Somano Kapen Wins Sierra Leone Peoples Party Chairmanship". Segbwema.blogspot.com. 2013-08-17. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
External links edit
- "History Will Repeat Itself -Dr. Prince Harding - News in Sierra Leone". mysierraleoneonline.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
- "SIERRA LEONE: Chief Kapen is new SLPP Chairman | WADR". wadr.org. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
- "Chief Kapen: "No one wants the SLPP to win like us Northerners" « Africa Young Voices (AYV)". africayoungvoices.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
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