Sia Koroma served as First Lady of Sierra Leone from 17 September 2007, and up until 4 April 2018.
10 Facts About Sia Koroma
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Sia Koroma is the wife of Ernest Bai Koroma, the 4th President of Sierra Leone.
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Sia Koroma focused on projects for Sierra Leonean women and children.
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Sia Koroma is the founder of the Women's Initiative for Safer Health project which focuses on improving reproductive health for women.
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Sia Koroma was born on 19 March 1958 in Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone.
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Sia Koroma is the daughter of Danke Koroma, a primary school teacher, and Abu Aiah Koroma, a lawyer and the former Attorney General of Sierra Leone.
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Sia Koroma served as Minister of Natural Resources and later as Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs.
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Sia Koroma's father was a presidential candidate in the 1996 General Election.
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Sia Koroma spent her early years at various primary schools around Sierra Leone as her father was being posted from one place to another.
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Sia Koroma attended the oldest secondary school for girls in West Africa, the Annie Walsh Memorial Secondary School in Freetown, and completed her undergraduate degree in biochemistry and a Master of Science degree in Synthetic Organic Chemistry in the United Kingdom.