Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge is a

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

an politician who was Speaker of the

Parliament of Sierra Leone Parliament of Sierra Leone is the legislative branch of the government of Sierra Leone. It is principally responsible for making laws. The Sierra Leone parliament consists of 146 members, of which 132 members are directly elected from across Si ...

from 2007 through November 2013. He is a member of the ruling

All People's Congress The All People's Congress (APC) is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, the other being its main political rival the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). The APC has been the main opposition party in Sierra Leone since 4 Apr ...

(APC) and represents the

Western Area Urban District The Western Area Urban District is one of the 16 districts of Sierra Leone. It is by far the most populous district in the country with a population of 1,050,301 and is located in the Western Area of the country. The Western Area Urban District e ...

. Bankole Stronge succeeded

Edmund Cowan Edmond K. Cowan (born 1937) was a Sierra Leonean politician. He was the speaker of Parliament of Sierra Leone Parliament of Sierra Leone is the legislative branch of the government of Sierra Leone. It is principally responsible for making law ...

of the

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as speaker of Parliament after the 2007 Sierra Leone Presidential and Legislative elections. Bankole Stronge was born in

Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and p ...

. He is a

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and a member of the Creole ethnic minority who mostly live in the Western Area of Sierra Leone., originally published by Longman & Dalhousie University Press (1976).

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20090707014728/http://www.sl-parliament.org/composition.htm * http://allafrica.com/stories/200907300505.html Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Speakers of the Parliament of Sierra Leone People from Freetown All People's Congress politicians Sierra Leone Creole people Fourah Bay College alumni 21st-century Sierra Leonean lawyers {{SierraLeone-politician-stub