Charles Francis Kondo Margai was born on 19 August 1945 and is a Sierra Leonean politician and constitutional lawyer who served as Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Sierra Leone in 2018.
27 Facts About Charles Margai
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Charles Francis Kondo Margai was born on 19 August 1945 in Bonthe, Bonthe District in southern British Sierra Leone.
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Charles Margai is the natural son of Sir Albert Margai, second Prime Minister of Sierra Leone.
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Charles Margai attended St Edward's Primary School in Freetown and then proceeded to the Christ the King College in Bo.
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Charles Margai completed his secondary school education at Blackrock College in County Dublin, Ireland.
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Charles Margai received a Bachelor of Arts in civil law in 1970 from Trinity College Dublin.
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Charles Margai is married to Vivat Charles Margai and has four children, a boy and three girls.
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Charles Margai began working as a lawyer in 1971 as State Counsel in Freetown.
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Charles Margai later opened his private law office in 1973 in Bo.
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Charles Margai was a member of the Sierra Leone People's Party, which was co-founded in 1951 by his uncle Milton Charles Margai.
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In 1996 Charles Margai sought the nomination to stand as the party's candidate in the 1996 presidential elections.
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Charles Margai subsequently returned to the SLPP and in April 1998, Margai became Minister of Internal Affairs and Local Government following the restoration of President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah; From November 1999 he was Minister of Safety and Security.
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On 6 January 2002, Kabbah requested that Charles Margai clarify reports that the latter planned to seek the SLPP party leadership, which was held by Kabbah.
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Charles Margai resigned as a minister on 8 January 2002 following a meeting with Kabbah, in which Kabbah expressed concern that the country might appear unstable and might therefore receive less aid from abroad.
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Charles Margai was President of the Sierra Leone Bar Association from 2004 to 2005.
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Charles Margai faced difficulty in getting the PMDC officially registered, which he alleged was due to Kabbah deliberately delaying appointments to the Political Parties Commission which would enable the registration, thereby giving Berewa's campaign an advantage in time.
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On 7 December 2005, Charles Margai was arrested in connection with an incident on 18 November in which his supporters blocked a convoy that included Berewa, leading to accusations that Charles Margai was behind it as an attempt to kill Berewa.
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Charles Margai denied this, saying that his supporters had acted spontaneously.
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On 24 August, he said that the PMDC would campaign together with the APC for the second round The alliance he formed with the APC thwarted the SLPP's chances to win the 2007 election and thus Charles Margai became the kingmaker of the Koroma presidency.
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Charles Margai entered into a legal dispute with then-First Lady of Sierra Leone Sia Koroma over a property in Aberdeen.
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When Mrs Koroma received a favorable judgment, Charles Margai went to the national news media to demand the First Lady's arrest.
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Charles Margai was arrested in May 2013, charged with "careless talk" and detained for several days before being set free on bail.
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Charles Margai was the PMDC candidate for Sierra Leone's 2018 presidential election.
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Charles Margai choose educator Isata Dora Bangura as his running mate, making her Sierra Leone's second woman vice presidential candidate.
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Charles Margai was appointed Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Sierra Leone by President Julius Maada Bio on 16 April 2018.
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Political observers speculated that Charles Margai wished to use the office to exact revenge on his political enemies in the APC.
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Charles Margai was immediately replaced by Dr Patricia Schwartz, who Margai had recently recommended to President Bio to head the law school at the University of Sierra Leone.