Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya (born November 25, 1945), commonly known as S.B.B. Dumbuya, is a

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and former

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. A prominent member of the ruling

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(APC), S.B.B. Dumbuya was elected as Speaker on January 21, 2014 with one hundred parliamentarians voted in his favor, and fifteen parliamentarians voted for his opponent Bu-Buakei Jabbi of the main opposition

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(SLPP). S.B.B. Dumbuya succeeded

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as speaker. Born and raised in the capital Freetown, S.B.B. Dumbuya was previously the

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of the House of

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. He also served as ambassador to China and other Asian countries. He is an

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representative in the House of Parliament of

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100 in the

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's neighbourhood of Kissi in the

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. He was re-elected in a landslide to Parliament in the 2012 Sierra Leone Parliamentary elections with 60.65%, defeating his closest rival Sheka Kanu of the

(SLPP) who took 30.76%. S.B.B. Dumbuya is a close

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of Sierra Leone's president

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References

External links

“I will not support the Freedom of Information Bill” – Hon. S.B.B. Dumbuya threatens
at Africa Young Voices
”We are here for regional integration and cooperation” ECOWAS Speaker
at Awoko
Confirmed: Eddie Turay High Commissioner to UK

at Global Time Online
Majority Leader blasts SLAJ
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