Historical country records
Sierra Leone historical timeline
Sierra Leone
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1792 | Sierra Leone Company rule | Leaders |
| 1808 | coastal area becomes British colony | Leaders |
| 1896 | hinterland becomes British protectorate | Leaders |
| 27 Apr 1961 | independence | Leaders |
| 19 Apr 1971 | Republic of Sierra Leone | Leaders |
| Mar 1792 - Jul 1792 | John Clarkson | Superintendent |
| Jul 1792 - 31 Dec 1792 | John Clarkson | Governors |
| 31 Dec 1792 - Mar 1794 | William Dawes (1st time) | Governors |
| Mar 1794 - 6 May 1795 | Zachary Macaulay (1st time) | Governors |
| 6 May 1795 - Mar 1796 | William Dawes (2nd time) | Governors |
| Mar 1796 - Apr 1799 | Zachary Macaulay (2nd time) | Governors |
| Apr 1799 - May 1799 | John Gray (1st time) | Governors |
| May 1799 - 1800 | Thomas Ludlam (1st time) | Governors |
| 1800 - Jan 1801 | John Gray (2nd time) | Governors |
| Jan 1801 - Feb 1803 | William Dawes (3rd time) | Governors |
| Feb 1803 - 1803 | William Day (1st time) | Governors |
| 1803 - 1805 | Thomas Ludlam (2nd time) | Governors |
| 1805 - 4 Nov 1805 | William Day (2nd time) | Governors |
| 1806 - 21 Jul 1808 | Thomas Ludlam (3rd time) | Governors |
| 21 Jul 1808 - 12 Feb 1810 | Thomas Perronet Thompson | Governors |
| 12 Feb 1810 - May 1811 | Edward H. Columbine | Governors |
| May 1811 - 1 Jul 1811 | Robert Bones (acting) | Governors |
| 1 Jul 1811 - Jul 1815 | Charles William Maxwell | Governors |
| Jul 1815 - 21 Jan 1824 | Charles MacCarthy (from 1820, Sir Charles MacCarthy) (b. 1764 - d. 1824) | Governors |
| 21 Jan 1824 - 5 Feb 1825 | Daniel Molloy Hamilton (acting) | Governors |
| 5 Feb 1825 - 8 Mar 1826 | Charles Turner | Governors |
| Mar 1826 - Aug 1826 | Kenneth Macaulay + Samuel Smart (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1828) | Governors |
| Aug 1826 - 1827 | Sir Neil Campbell | Governors |
| 1827 - Jul 1828 | Hugh Lumley (acting) | Governors |
| Jul 1828 - Nov 1828 | Samuel Smart (2nd time) (acting) | Governors |
| Nov 1828 - 1829 | Henry John Ricketts (acting) | Governors |
| 1829 - 1830 | Augustine Fitzgerald Evans (acting) | Governors |
| 1830 | Alexander Maclean Fraser (acting) | Governors |
| 1830 - Jul 1833 | Alexander Findlay | Governors |
| Jul 1833 - Dec 1833 | Michael Linning Melville (acting) | Governors |
| Dec 1833 - 1834 | Octavius Temple | Governors |
| 1834 - Feb 1835 | Thomas Cole (1st time) (acting) | Governors |
| Feb 1835 - 1837 | Henry Dundas Campbell | Governors |
| 1837 | Thomas Cole (2nd time) (acting) | Governors |
| 1837 - 1840 | Richard Doherty | Governors |
| 1840 - Apr 1841 | John Jeremie | Governors |
| Apr 1841 - Sep 1841 | J. Carr (acting) | Governors |
| Sep 1841 - Jan 1842 | William Fergusson (1st time) | Governors |
| Jan 1842 - 1844 | George Macdonald | Governors |
| 1844 - 1845 | William Fergusson (2nd time) | Governors |
| 1845 - 1852 | Norman William Macdonald | Governors |
| 1852 - 1854 | Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy | Governors |
| 1854 | Robert Dougan (acting) | Governors |
| 1854 - 1861 | Sir Stephen John Hill | Governors |
| 1861 - 1862 | William Hill + Smith (acting) | Governors |
| 1862 - 1868 | Samuel Wensley Blackall | Governors |
| 1868 - 1872 | Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy | Governors |
| 1872 - Feb 1872 | John Jennings Kendall (acting) | Governors |
| Feb 1872 - 1873 | John Pope Hennessy | Governors |
| 1873 | Robert William Keate | Governors |
| 1873 | Alexander Bravo + Robert William Harley (acting) | Governors |
| 1873 - 1874 | George Berkeley | Governors |
| 1874 - 1875 | George French (acting) | Governors |
| 1875 - 1877 | Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright | Governors |
| 1877 | Horatio James Huggins (acting) | Governors |
| 1877 - 1881 | Sir Samuel Rowe (1st time) | Governors |
| 1881 | Franas Frederick Pinkett | Governors |
| 1881 - 1884 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | Governors |
| 1884 | Arthur M. Tarleton (acting) | Governors |
| 1884 - 1885 | Franas Frederick Pinkett | Governors |
| 1885 - 1888 | Sir Samuel Rowe (2nd time) | Governors |
| 1888 | J.M. Maltby (acting) | Governors |
| 1888 - 1891 | Sir James Shaw Hay | Governors |
| 1891 - 1892 | J.J. Crooks (acting) | Governors |
| 1892 | W.H.Q. Jones (1st time) (acting) | Governors |
| 1892 - 1894 | Sir Francis Fleming | Governors |
| 1894 | W.H.Q. Jones (2nd time) (acting) | Governors |
| 1894 - 1900 | Frederic Cardew (from 1897, Sir Frederic Cardew) (b. 1839 - d. 1921) | Governors |
| 1900 - 1904 | Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman | Governors |
| 1904 - 1910 | Sir Leslie Probyn | Governors |
| 1910 - 1915 | Sir Edward Marsh Merewether | Governors |
| 1916 - 1922 | Sir Richard James Wilkinson | Governors |
| 1922 - 1927 | Alexander Ransford Slater Ransford Slater) (b. 1874 - d. 1940) | Governors |
| 1928 - 1930 | Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne | Governors |
| 1930 - 1934 | Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodgson | Governors |
| 17 Jul 1934 - 21 May 1937 | Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore | Governors |
| 21 May 1937 - 5 Jul 1941 | Sir Douglas James Jardine | Governors |
| 5 Jul 1941 - Sep 1947 | Sir Hubert Craddock Stevenson | Governors |
| Sep 1947 - 1953 | Sir George Beresford-Stooke | Governors |
| 1953 - 1 Sep 1956 | Sir Robert de Zouche Hall | Governors |
| 1 Sep 1956 - 27 Apr 1961 | Maurice Henry Dorman (from 1957, Sir Maurice Henry Dorman) (b. 1902 - d. 1993) | Governors |
| 27 Apr 1961 - 5 May 1962 | Sir Maurice Henry Dorman | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 5 May 1962 - Apr 1967 | Henry Lightfoot Boston (from Jul 1962, Sir Henry Lightfoot Boston) (b. 1898 - d. 1969) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| Apr 1967 - 18 Apr 1968 | Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 18 Apr 1968 - 22 Apr 1968 | John Amadu Bangura (acting) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 22 Apr 1968 - 31 Mar 1971 | Banja Tejan-Sie (from 1970, Sir Banja Tejan-Sie) (b. 1917 - d. 2000) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 31 Mar 1971 - 19 Apr 1971 | Christopher Okoro Cole (interim) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 19 Apr 1971 - 21 Apr 1971 | Christopher Okoro Cole | Presidents |
| 21 Apr 1971 - 28 Nov 1985 | Siaka Stevens | Presidents |
| 28 Nov 1985 - 29 Apr 1992 | Joseph Saidu Momoh | Presidents |
| 29 Apr 1992 | Yayah Kanu | Chairman of the National Provisional Defense Council |
| 1 May 1992 - 16 Jan 1996 | Valentine Strasser | Supreme Council of State) (from 6 May 1992 also Heads of State) |
| 17 Jan 1996 - 29 Mar 1996 | Julius Maada Bio | Supreme Council of State) (from 6 May 1992 also Heads of State) |
| 29 Mar 1996 - 25 May 1997 | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1st time) | President |
| 25 May 1997 - 12 Feb 1998 | Johnny Paul Koroma | Head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council |
| 10 Mar 1998 - 17 Sep 2007 | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (2nd time) | Presidents |
| 17 Sep 2007 - | Ernest Bai Koroma | Presidents |
| 9 Jul 1954 - 28 Apr 1964 | Milton Margai (from 1 Jan 1959, Sir Milton Margai) (b. 1895 - d. 1964) | Prime ministers |
| 30 Apr 1964 - 21 Mar 1967 | Albert Margai (from 1965, Sir Albert Margai) (b. 1910 - d. 1980) | Prime ministers |
| 21 Mar 1967 (minutes) | Siaka Stevens (1st time) | Prime ministers |
| 21 Mar 1967 - 23 Mar 1967 | David Lansana (Army chief) | Prime ministers |
| 23 Mar 1967 - 27 Mar 1967 | Ambrose Patrick Genda | Prime ministers |
| 27 Mar 1967 - 18 Apr 1968 | Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith | Prime ministers |
| 18 Apr 1968 - 26 Apr 1968 | Patrick Conteh | Prime ministers |
| 26 Apr 1968 - 21 Apr 1971 | Siaka Stevens (2nd time) | Prime ministers |
| 21 Apr 1971 - 8 Jul 1975 | Sorie Ibrahim Koroma | Prime ministers |
| 8 Jul 1975 - 15 Jun 1978 | Christian A. Kamara-Taylor | Prime ministers |
| Jul 1992 - Nov 1992 | John Benjamin | Chairmen of the Council of State Secretaries |
| Nov 1992 - 5 Jul 1993 | Solomon Anthony James Musa | Chairmen of the Council of State Secretaries |
| 5 Jul 1993 - 31 Mar 1995 | Julius Maada Bio | Chairmen of the Council of State Secretaries |
| 31 Mar 1995 - 29 Mar 1996 | Akim A. Gibril | Chairmen of the Council of State Secretaries |