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Sumanoh Kapen

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Sumanoh Kapen
Chairman and leader of the Sierra Leone People's Party
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byJohn Oponjo Benjamin
Paramount chief of Mambolo Chiefdom, Kambia District
In office
1989–2007
Personal details
Born
Alhaji Bai Sherbora Sumanoh Kapen III

Mambolo Chiefdom, Kambia District, Sierra Leone
Political partySierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)
Residence(s)Freetown, Sierra Leone
Alma materFourah Bay College

Chief Alhaji Bai Sherbora Sumanoh Kapen III, commonly known as Chief Sumanoh Kapen, is a Sierra Leonean politician who has been chairman and leader of Sierra Leone's main opposition party, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), since 2013. Previously he was paramount chief of Mambolo Chiefdom in Kambia District.[1][2]

He served as Paramount Chief of Mambolo Chiefdom in Kambia District from 1989 to 2007. In 2011, he was elected deputy leader of the SLPP party.

Chief Kapen was elected chairman and leader of the SLPP at the party's 2013 convention held in the southern city of Bo, defeating his closest rival, former Ambassador to Ghana Alie Bangura, in a close race for the SLPP leadership position.[3]

Chief Kapen is a devout Muslim and a member of the Temne ethnic group from Kambia District in northern Sierra Leone.

References

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  1. ^ "History Will Repeat Itself -Dr. Prince Harding - News in Sierra Leone". Mysierraleoneonline.com. 2013-07-27. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  2. ^ "Chief Kapen: "No one wants the SLPP to win like us Northerners" « Africa Young Voices (AYV)". africayoungvoices.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Sheku Sheriff's Diary: Chief Somano Kapen Wins Sierra Leone Peoples Party Chairmanship". Segbwema.blogspot.com. 2013-08-17. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
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