Valentine Strasser
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Valentine Strasser is a former Sierra Leonean military officer who seized power in a 1992 coup and became one of the world’s youngest heads of state while leading the country during the early years of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| ageAtSeizingPower | 24 ⓘ |
| cameToPowerBy | military coup d’état ⓘ |
| capitalCityGoverningFrom | Freetown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Sierra Leone Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentOfCountryLed | Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coupAgainst | Joseph Saidu Momoh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-04-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces Military Academy
NERFINISHED
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Sierra Leone Grammar School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1990s ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Krio people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | military junta ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment | Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfStateOf | Republic of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn | political transition toward multi-party elections in Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Krio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leftOffice | 1996-01-16 ⓘ |
| memberOf | National Provisional Ruling Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| name | Valentine Esegragbo Melvine Strasser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | youngest leader in Africa at the time he took power ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 1992 Sierra Leonean military coup ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the youngest heads of state in the world ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| overthrewGovernmentOf | All People’s Congress government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Freetown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the National Provisional Ruling Council
ⓘ
Head of State of Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| postOfficeLife | lived in relative obscurity and poverty in Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| predecessor | Joseph Saidu Momoh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForCoup | dissatisfaction with conduct of civil war against Revolutionary United Front ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Julius Maada Bio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seizedPowerOn | 1992-04-29 ⓘ |
| successor | Julius Maada Bio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeInOfficeInYears | approximately 3.7 ⓘ |
| tookOffice | 1992-04-29 ⓘ |
| wasLeaderDuring | Sierra Leone Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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