National Provisional Ruling Council

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The National Provisional Ruling Council was a military junta that governed Sierra Leone in the 1990s, seizing power in a coup and playing a central role in the country’s political and military turmoil during the civil war era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military government
military junta
cameToPowerBy military coup
capitalAdministeredFrom Freetown NERFINISHED
chairman Julius Maada Bio NERFINISHED
Valentine Strasser NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Sierra Leone NERFINISHED
deputyChairman Julius Maada Bio NERFINISHED
endTime 1996
followedBy Ahmed Tejan Kabbah civilian government
governanceType authoritarian
military dictatorship
governed Sierra Leone NERFINISHED
governmentForm junta
headOfGovernment Valentine Strasser NERFINISHED
headOfState Valentine Strasser NERFINISHED
historicalEra post–Cold War era
ideology military rule
involvedInConflict Sierra Leone Civil War NERFINISHED
keyFigure Julius Maada Bio NERFINISHED
Komba Mondeh NERFINISHED
Samuel Hinga Norman NERFINISHED
Solomon Musa NERFINISHED
Tom Nyuma NERFINISHED
Valentine Strasser NERFINISHED
languageOfGovernment English
legalSystem rule by decree
natureOfRule transitional military regime
notableAction military campaigns against Revolutionary United Front
negotiations related to Sierra Leone Civil War
opponent Revolutionary United Front NERFINISHED
overthrew All People’s Congress government NERFINISHED
politicalStatus de facto government of Sierra Leone
precededBy Joseph Saidu Momoh government NERFINISHED
reasonForEnd return to constitutional civilian government
region West Africa
restored multi-party elections in Sierra Leone
roleInConflict central role in political and military turmoil during Sierra Leone Civil War
securityApparatus Sierra Leone Army NERFINISHED
seizedPowerIn 1992
significance major actor in Sierra Leone’s civil war period
significantEvent 1992 coup in Sierra Leone
startTime 1992
successorRegimeType democratically elected government
timePeriod 1990s
tookPowerFrom Joseph Saidu Momoh NERFINISHED
transitionedTo civilian rule

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Sierra Leone Civil War involvedOrganization National Provisional Ruling Council