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Johnny Paul Koroma

1960 - 2003

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Major Johnny Paul Koroma (9 May 1960 – 1 June 2003/11 August 2017) was a Sierra Leonean military officer who was the head of state of Sierra Leone from May 1997 to February 1998. A member of the Limba people, Koroma began his military career in 1985, and quickly rose through the ranks of the Sierra Leonean army. Following the start of the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1991, Koroma commanded government forces against the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group. As the war continued, he was arrested in 1996 after being suspected of plotting a coup against President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Johnny Paul Koroma is the 18,133rd most popular politician (down from 18,005th in 2024), the 10th most popular biography from Sierra Leone (up from 11th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Sierra Leonean Politician.

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Among politicians, Johnny Paul Koroma ranks 18,133 out of 19,576. Before him are Nyamko Sabuni, Mamady Youla, John Davis Lodge, Bill Lee, Raúl Fernando Sendic Rodríguez, and Jean-Noël Barrot. After him are Wally Hickel, Dmytro Razumkov, Jens Seipenbusch, Doina Ignat, Frank Carlson, and Tom Tugendhat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Johnny Paul Koroma ranks 746. Before him are Marta Urbanová, Petar Lesov, Bajram Kosumi, Hiromi Taniguchi, Silk Smitha, and Svetlana Kitova. After him are John Elway, Megan Gallagher, Paul Baloff, Finn Carter, Road Warrior Animal, and Martina Jäschke. Among people deceased in 2003, Johnny Paul Koroma ranks 368. Before him are Hank Ballard, Ellen Drew, Lynne Thigpen, David Kelly, Malcolm Williamson, and Joseph Overton. After him are Noor Alam, Babatunde Olatunji, Sita Ram Goel, Philip Slone, Adam Faith, and José María Jiménez.

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In Sierra Leone

Among people born in Sierra Leone, Johnny Paul Koroma ranks 10 out of 22. Before him are Siaka Stevens (1905), Ernest Bai Koroma (1953), Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937), Milton Margai (1895), Trevoh Chalobah (1999), and Mohamed Kallon (1979). After him are Fatima Massaquoi (1912), Valentine Strasser (1967), Patricia Piccinini (1965), FannyAnn Eddy (1974), Zainab Bangura (1959), and Nathaniel Chalobah (1994).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sierra Leone

Among politicians born in Sierra Leone, Johnny Paul Koroma ranks 8. Before him are Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932), Foday Sankoh (1937), Siaka Stevens (1905), Ernest Bai Koroma (1953), Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937), and Milton Margai (1895). After him are Valentine Strasser (1967), and Zainab Bangura (1959).

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