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Viewing cable 07FREETOWN689, BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW SIERRA LEONEAN

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07FREETOWN689 2007-11-19 17:17 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Freetown
VZCZCXYZ0006
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHFN #0689/01 3231717
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 191717Z NOV 07
FM AMEMBASSY FREETOWN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1530
INFO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0265
UNCLAS FREETOWN 000689 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR AF/W AND INR/B 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL SL
SUBJECT: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW SIERRA LEONEAN 
CABINET - PART ONE 
 
1. The initial group of cabinet Ministers in the new 
government has been announced by President Koroma. The 
process of confirmation by parliament has been completed for 
most nominees. Three Ministers were confirmed on October 19, 
and 12 more confirmed on October 24. Biographic information 
for 15 Ministers follows. A total of 20 Ministerial 
appointments is expected. In addition there will be three 
Regional Ministers appointed. Septel will follow with 
additional information as new nominations are made. 
 
2. Minister of Foreign Affairs - Zainab Hawa Bangura. 
One of three women in the new Cabinet, Mrs. Bangura served as 
head of Civil Affairs in UNMIL in Monrovia, Liberia before 
being named Minister. A candidate for President in the 2002 
elections, she is a civil society activist. She was 
co-founder and coordinator of the Campaign for Good 
Governance (CGG) and later headed the National Accountability 
Group.  Private sector experience in the insurance industry 
from 1983 until 1996 brought her into contact with Ernest Bai 
Koroma. A graduate of Fourah Bay College, University of 
Sierra Leone, she also holds diplomas in insurance studies 
and insurance management from UK Universities.  Fellow of the 
Chartered Insurance Institute UK. Her awards from U.S. 
organizations include a 2006 Democracy Award from the 
National Endowment for Democracy, the Bayard Rustin 
Humanitarian award (2001) and the Human Rights Award from the 
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (2000). She is married 
with one son. 
 
3. Minister of Finance - David Omosholoa Carew 
An accountant, he was Managing Partner at the accounting and 
consulting firm of KPMG in Sierra Leone before being named 
Minister. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the University 
of Sierra Leone.  Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 
1982, he worked with KPMG for 28 years.  He is in his early 
fifties, married, with two children. 
 
4. Minister of Defence and National Security - Retired Major 
Alfred Palo Conteh 
The nephew and former Military Aide to the late APC President 
Joseph Saidu Momoh. He entered the army as a cadet in 1976 
and was forced to retire from the Army in 1992 by the NPRC. 
After entering the army, he studied at the Egyptian War 
Academy as a cadet, and later served in the military police. 
In 1986 he went to the United Kingdom to study law, 
graduating from the University of London with an LLB in 1990. 
He was admitted to the bar of England and Wales, and in 2006 
received the LLM degree.  He was chair of the APC party 
branch in the UK from 1993 to 2001. He was born in 
Wilberforce, Freetown. (Note: Currently, the President is the 
Minister of Defence and Major Conteh is Deputy Minister. 
However, President Koroma has indicated that he intends to 
relinquish the Minster of Defence role.) 
 
5. Minister of Justice and Attorney General - Abdul 
Serry-Kamal 
A lawyer, Mr. Serry-Kamal was elected to Parliament for a 
constituency in the Bombali District. A by-election will have 
to be held for his parliamentary seat. His legal specialty is 
conveyancing. 
 
6. Minister of Health and Sanitation - Dr. Saccoh Kabia 
A physician who has worked for more than 30 years in Atlanta, 
Georgia. His specialty is nephrology. He has permanent 
resident status in the U.S. He is one of the PMDC members of 
the Cabinet. His mother was Paramount Chief Ella Koblo 
Gulama, the first woman to be elected to Parliament in Sierra 
Leone. 
 
7. Minister of Energy and Power - Haja Afsatu Kabbah 
Served as an APC member of Parliament from 2002 to 2007. She 
served as Deputy Minister of Power and Energy from 1996-1998 
as a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 
coalition with SLPP. Mrs. Kabbah was a candidate for the 
vice-presidential position on her party's ticket in 2007, and 
she later acted as vice-chairperson of the transition team. 
She is described as a Northern with Western Area links and a 
devout Muslim. She is married. 
 
8. Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs 
- Musu Kandeh 
She served as a Member of Parliament from 2002-2007 as a 
member of the APC. She previously was the Principal of a 
Girls' Secondary School in Mathora, in the north of Sierra 
Leone.  Local newspapers described her as a gender equality 
activist. 
 
9. Minister of Transport and Aviation - Kemoh Sesay 
Member of Parliament for Port Loko district since 1996.  He 
was re-elected to Parliament in 2007 and is one of four MPs 
 
who have been nominated for Cabinet positions by the 
President. Mr. Sesay was acting as shadow transport minister 
for the APC in the 2002-2007 parliament.  Local newspapers 
report that he has been involved in a long standing court 
case for allegedly faking documents to obtain a Sierra Leone 
passport for a female acquaintance. 
 
10. Minister of Trade and Industry - Alimamy Philip Koroma 
Koroma was elected member of Parliament for Mambolo 
constituency in Kambia district in the 2007 election, but he 
will resign his seat in order to take the job as Minister. He 
rose to prominence as Secretary General of the Council of 
Churches in Sierra Leone. He was involved in organizing 
church donations during the civil war.  At one point served 
as National Organizing Secretary for the APC. Accused of 
physical assault on his SLPP rival, Marray Conteh, during the 
election campaign. He also is reported to have manhandled the 
Paramount Chief. 
 
11. Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs - Hindolo 
Sumanguru Trye 
A student activist in the Siaka Stevens era, he lived in the 
U.S. for some time. In April 1992 he returned to Sierra Leone 
when the NPRC overthrew the civilian government. He served as 
Minister of Information in the NPRC government. He also 
served as an adviser to the AFRC government.  He joined the 
APC in 2006. 
 
12. Minister of Information and Communications - Alhaji 
Ibrahim Ben Kargbo 
Before being appointed Minister, Mr. Kargbo was President of 
the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists and proprietor of 
the New Citizen Newspaper.  He has worked as a journalist, 
newspaper editor, broadcaster, teacher and school principal. 
He was a Member of Parliament during the government of 
President Momoh. He was sentenced to death, and later 
pardoned, for collaborating with the Armed Forces Ruling 
Council (AFRC). He received his B.A.Ed. from Fourah Bay 
College, University of Sierra Leone. He has won several 
national awards including the Presidential award of Grand 
Officer of the Order of the Rokel. 
 
13. Minister of Lands, Country Planning and Environment - 
Capt. Benjamin O.N. Davies 
Holder of a Master Mariner Certificate, Captain Davies worked 
with the Ocean Fleet/Nigerian National Shipping Lines from 
1974 to 1987. He later was Regional Manager for Maersk Sea 
Land in Freetown.  He has experience in terminal operations, 
port management, marine administration and international 
trade and logistics.  Since 2002 he has worked with a private 
home care provider, Southeastern Healthcare Services in the 
U.S. 
 
14. Minister of Mineral Resources - Alhaji Abubakar Jalloh 
A geo-physicist and running mate of Ernest Bai Koroma in the 
2002 elections. He served as Director of Lands Resources and 
Survey at the Ministry of Agriculture. He also worked as 
executive director of the National Diamond Mining Company 
(NDMC).  He was a student in the UK. He taught in the U.S. at 
the University of the District of Columbia and also at 
Douglas College, Baltimore Maryland, where he served as chair 
of Mathematics and Sciences. He holds Masters degrees in 
Geophysics, Atmospheric Physics and Hydrogeology. 
 
15. Minister of Agriculture - Dr. Joseph Sam Sesay 
In common with the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, he worked 
for UNMIL in Monrovia, as a Civil Affairs Officer before 
being named minister. Secretary of State for Agriculture in 
the transitory administration of Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, 
he holds a PhD in Agriculture and Developmental Economics. 
 
16. Minister of Employment and Social Security - Minkailu 
Mansaray 
Elected as a member of Parliament in the 2007 election, he 
resigned his seat in Parliament in October, 2007 to take the 
Ministerial position. 
 
PERRY