31 Facts About Samuel Sam-Sumana

Alhaji Samuel Sidique Sam-Sumana was born on April 7,1962 and is a Sierra Leonean politician who was the Vice President of Sierra Leone from September 17,2007, to March 17,2015.

Samuel Sam-Sumana took office as vice president on September 17,2007.

The Sierra Leone government said Samuel Sam-Sumana was not in any danger and that soldiers only came to Samuel Sam-Sumana's house to rotate his security team.

Samuel Sam-Sumana said his sacking by president Ernest Bai Koroma was unconstitutional and has appealed to the Sierra Leone Supreme Court.

The sacking of Samuel Sam-Sumana was described as unconstitutional by the main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party, the Sierra Leone Labour Congress, which represent the country's trade union, and by the Sierra Leone Bar Association, which is made up of many of the country's lawyers.

Samuel Sam-Sumana denied all the allegations against him and has appealed his sacking as vice president.

Samuel Sam-Sumana denied all the allegations against him; and described them as completely wrong and baseless.

Samuel Sam-Sumana served as the managing director of the United Diamond Mining Company based in Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone.

Samuel Sam-Sumana served as the regional manager for C-12 International, a Texas based mining company engaged in diamond production in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

Samuel Sam-Sumana is a devout Muslim and a member of the Kono ethnic group.

The couple resided in Minnesota in the United States, but returned to Freetown in 2007 when Samuel Sam-Sumana was named as running mate by opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma on the ticket of the All People's Congress.

Sahr Samuel Tamba Sidique Sam-Sumana was born on April 17,1962, at the Koidu Government Hospital in Koidu Town, Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone.

Sam-Sumana is the fourth son of his father, Sahr Samuel Sam-Sumana, a prominent Kono Chief who was a member of the All People's Congress party and a close friend of President Siaka Stevens.

Samuel Sam-Sumana is a devout Muslim and a member of the Kono ethnic group.

Samuel Sam-Sumana attended the Koidu Primary school in Koidu Town and then proceeded to the Jaiama Muslim Secondary School in the town of Jaiama, just outside Koidu Town in Kono District.

Samuel Sam-Sumana attended the Ahmadiyya Muslim secondary school in Freetown.

Samuel Sam-Sumana has a diploma in diamond rough grading, sorting and polishing from the America Institution of Diamond Cutting and Polishing, in Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States, and a diploma in computer network support from Knollwood Computer and Business School in St Louis Park, Minnesota.

Samuel Sam-Sumana was employed as a network support specialist for Allina Health in the United States.

Samuel Sam-Sumana had served as the managing director of the United Diamond Mining Company based in Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone.

Samuel Sam-Sumana served as the regional manager for C-12 International, a Texas based mining company engaged in diamond production in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

Samuel Sam-Sumana was surprisingly selected by Sierra Leone's main opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma as his running-mate for the 2007 presidential election.

Samuel Sam-Sumana stood as the vice-presidential candidate of the All People's Congress in the 2007 election, alongside Koroma; the APC ticket defeated the Sierra Leone People's Party presidential candidate Solomon Berewa and vice presidential candidate Momodou Koroma.

Samuel Sam-Sumana took office as vice president on September 17,2007.

Samuel Sam-Sumana changed the punitive system from Prisons to Correctional centers.

Samuel Sam-Sumana led a radical change in the conduct of business by pushing for reforms in business registration processes.

Samuel Sam-Sumana constantly pushed for a reengineering of the settled zones to cater for climate change and to prevent natural disasters, through his push for a comprehensive land reform.

Samuel Sam-Sumana has been a key advocate for mining reforms that carefully addresses environmental concerns and responsibility.

The Sierra Leone government said Samuel Sam-Sumana was not in any danger and that soldiers only came to Samuel Sam-Sumana's house to rotate his security team.

On March 6,2015, Samuel Sam-Sumana was expelled from the ruling All People's Congress party by the APC's National Advisory Council on the basis of several charges against him.

The National Advisory Council accused Samuel Sam-Sumana of giving false information about his master's degree certificate; he was accused of instigating political violence in Kono District; he was accused of trying to form a breakaway faction of a new political party; and was wrongly accused of giving false information about his religious background.

Samuel Sam-Sumana won the Man of the year by 2017 in the United States of America by ICHANGE NATIONS.