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Kandeh Baba Conteh | |
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| Leader of the Peace and Liberation Party (PLP) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1958 British Sierra Leone |
| Political party | Peace and Liberation Party (PLP) |
| Residence(s) | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Alma mater | Fourah Bay College |
| Profession | Political scientist |
Dr. Kandeh Baba Conteh (born October 15, 1958[1]) is a Sierra Leonean politician and political scientist.[2] He is the leader of the Peace and Liberation Party (PLP).
Conteh was appointed ambassador of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council junta in 1997.[3]
Conteh, as the PLP candidate, placed sixth in the presidential election held on August 11, 2007, receiving 0.57% of the vote.[4] Following the first round, on August 27 Conteh announced his party's support for second place candidate Solomon Berewa of the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) in the second round of the election. With the All People's Congress (APC) of Berewa's rival, Ernest Bai Koroma, having already won a majority in the parliamentary election held concurrently with the first round, Conteh said that there would be "a better balance" for the country if the presidency and parliament were controlled by different parties.[5]
- ^ http://www.nec-sierraleone.org/index_files/List%20of%20Presidntial%20Candidates%202012.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "PLP Parliamentary Candidates - Sierra Leone Web". Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
- ^ "Armed Forces Revolutionary Council - 11 September 1997 - Sierra Leone Web". Archived from the original on 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
- ^ Final results from the National Electoral Commission Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, August 25, 2007.
- ^ Aruna Turay, "NDA and PLP join alliance with SLPP for a Berewa Victory in Sierra Leone" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Awareness Times, August 27, 2007.