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There have been a number of mayors of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Until the municipality of Freetown was established in 1895, the post of mayor was effectively in the gift of the colonial Governor, so some mayors have been appointees rather than elected representatives of Freetown, Sierra Leone.


List of Mayors of Freetown


Pre-Municipality era

* John Ezzidio - Nigerian-born mayor from 1845.


Municipality Era

* Sir Samuel Lewis – Mayor from 1897. *
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– Nigerian-born Mayor during the 20th century. *
Emmanuel Cummings Emmanuel Cummings was a mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and was the father of Eustace Henry Taylor Cummings Eustace Henry Taylor Cummings CBE (1890 – 1967) qualified as a doctor at Liverpool University and then served as a medical officer in ...
– Mayor during the 20th century. *
John Henry Malamah Thomas John Henry Malamah Thomas (1844–1922) was a Sierra Leone Creole entrepreneur and a long serving mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Life John Henry Thomas was born in Hastings, a suburb of Freetown of Recaptive parents, and his father died when ...
- Mayor from 1904 to 1912. * Claudius Ernest Wright, former Mayor. *
Eustace Henry Taylor Cummings Eustace Henry Taylor Cummings CBE (1890 – 1967) qualified as a doctor at Liverpool University and then served as a medical officer in Sierra Leone. He served as Mayor of Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. ...
– Mayor from 1948 to 1954. * Siaka Probyn Stevens – Mayor from 1964 to 1968 later President of Sierra Leone. *
Constance Cummings-John Constance Cummings-John (1918 – 21 February 2000) was a Sierra Leonean educationist and politician. She was the first woman in Africa to join a municipal council and in 1966 became the first woman to serve as mayor of Freetown. She was based in ...
– first female Mayor, held office in 1966 only * Alfred Abraham Akibo-Betts, Mayor of Freetown, 1986–1993. * June Holst-Roness, Mayor of the Freetown, 1977–1980. *
Winstanley Bankole Johnson Winstanley Bankole Johnson is a Sierra Leonean politician who served as mayor of Freetown from July 2004 until he was ousted by the Freetown City Council on January 17, 2008 after several highly publicised controversies with the previous SLPP regi ...
, Mayor of Freetown from July 2004–2008. *
Herbert George-Williams Herbert George-Williams is a Sierra Leonean politician and the former mayor of Freetown. He is from the All People's Congress (APC) political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular ...
, Mayor of Freetown, 2008–2012. *
Sam Franklyn Gibson Sam Franklyn Gibson commonly known as Bode Gibson (born October 15, 1952) is a Sierra Leonean politician who served as Mayor of Freetown 2012 until 2018. He is a veteran politician and a prominent member of the ruling All People's Congress (APC). ...
, Mayor of Freetown city council, 2012–2018. * Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, current Mayor since March 2018


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