Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78)> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 71 of
71
with 100 triples per page.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) abstract "In April 1961, Sierra Leone became politically independent of Great Britain. It retained a parliamentary system of government and was a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations. The Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), led by Sir Milton Margai were victorious in the first general election under universal adult franchise in May 1962. Upon Sir Milton's death in 1964, his half-brother, Sir Albert Margai, succeeded him as Prime Minister. Sir Albert attempted to establish a one-party state had the ready cooperation of the opposition All People' Congress but met fierce resistance from some cadre within his party Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and ultimately abandoned the idea.In closely contested elections in March 1967, the APC won a plurality of the parliamentary seats. Accordingly, the Governor General (representing the British Monarch) Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston declared Siaka Stevens – APC leader and Mayor of Freetown – as the new Prime Minister. Within a few hours, Stevens and Lightfoot-Boston were placed under house arrest by Brigadier David Lansana, the Commander of the Sierra Leone Military Forces (SLMF), on grounds that the determination of office should await the election of the tribal representatives to the house. A group of senior military officers overrode this action by seizing control of the government on 23 March, arresting Brigadier Lansana, and suspending the constitution. The group constituted itself as the National Reformation Council (NRC) with Brigadier Andrew Juxon-Smith as its chairman. The NRC in turn was overthrown in April 1968 by a \"sergeants' revolt,\" the Anti-Corruption Revolutionary Movement. NRC members were imprisoned, army and police officers were deposed, the democratic constitution was restored, and power was handed back to Stevens, who at last assumed the office of Prime Minister.After the return to civilian rule by-elections were held beginning in the fall of 1968 and an all-APC cabinet was appointed. Tranquility was not completely restored: in November 1968 a state of emergency was declared after provincial disturbances, and in March 1971 the government survived an unsuccessful military coup. In April 1971 a republican constitution was adopted under which Stevens became President. In 1972 by-elections the opposition SLPP complained of intimidation and procedural obstruction by the APC and militia. These problems became so severe that it boycotted the 1973 general election; as a result the APC won 84 of the 85 elected seats. In July 1974, the government uncovered an alleged military coup plot. As in 1971, the leaders were tried and executed. In 1977, student demonstrations against the government disrupted Sierra Leone politics. A general election was called later that year in which corruption was again endemic; the APC won 74 seats and the SLPP 15.".
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) thumbnail All_Peoples_Congress_political_rally_Sierra_Leone_1968.jpg?width=300.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageID "30993406".
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageLength "18362".
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageOutDegree "69".
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageRevisionID "702793725".
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Ahmed_Sékou_Touré.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Albert_Margai.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink All_Peoples_Congress.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Andrew_Juxon-Smith.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Anti-Corruption_Revolutionary_Movement.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Brigadier.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Brigadier_general.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Capital_punishment.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Sierra_Leone.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Chiefdom.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Commonwealth_of_Nations.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Conspiracy_(criminal).
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Cyril_B._Rogers-Wright.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink David_Lansana.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Defamation.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Economic_Community_of_West_African_States.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Freedom_of_speech.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Freedom_of_the_press.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Governor-general.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Guinea.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Habib_Lansana_Kamara.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Josiah_Lightfoot_Boston.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Ibrahim_Bash_Taqi.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink John_Amadu_Bangura.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink John_Karefa-Smart.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Lieutenant.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Limba_people_(Sierra_Leone).
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Mano_River_Union.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Mende_people.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Milton_Margai.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Mohamed_Sorie_Forna.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink National_Reformation_Council.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink One-party_state.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Paramamount_chiefs.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Republic_of_Sierra_Leone_Armed_Forces.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Rule_of_law.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Salia_Jusu_Sheriff.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Sherbro_people.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Siaka_Stevens.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Sibling.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Sierra_Leone_Peoples_Party.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Sierra_Leonean_general_election,_1962.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Sierra_Leonean_general_election,_1967.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Sierra_Leonean_general_election,_1973.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Sierra_Leonean_parliamentary_election,_1977.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Sir.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Sorie_Ibrahim_Koroma.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink State_of_emergency.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Suffrage.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Temne_people.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink Treason.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink William_R._Tolbert,_Jr..
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLink File:All_Peoples_Congress_political_rally_Sierra_Leone_1968.jpg.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageWikiLinkText "History of Sierra Leone (1961–78)".
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Original_research.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) subject Category:History_of_Sierra_Leone.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) type Redirect.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) comment "In April 1961, Sierra Leone became politically independent of Great Britain. It retained a parliamentary system of government and was a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations. The Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), led by Sir Milton Margai were victorious in the first general election under universal adult franchise in May 1962. Upon Sir Milton's death in 1964, his half-brother, Sir Albert Margai, succeeded him as Prime Minister.".
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) label "History of Sierra Leone (1961–78)".
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) sameAs Q5866506.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) sameAs Q5866506.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) wasDerivedFrom History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78)?oldid=702793725.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) depiction All_Peoples_Congress_political_rally_Sierra_Leone_1968.jpg.
- History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78) isPrimaryTopicOf History_of_Sierra_Leone_(1961–78).