The Speaker of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone is the presiding officer 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 laws. The Sierra Leone parliament consists of 146 members, of which 132 members are directly elected from across Si ...

. The speaker is the overall leader of Parliament, and is

directly elected Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are cho ...

by sitting members of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone. Like other members of Parliament, the speaker is address as the

Honourable ''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain ...

. The Speaker is given the constitutional power to preside over Parliament. Further, they call

Members of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

into session, and discipline members who break the rules of Parliament. The first Speaker of the Sierra Leonean House of Parliament was the Honourable Sir

Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston, GCMG (19 August 1898 – 14 December 1969) was a Sierra Leonean diplomat and politician. He was the first Sierra Leonean Governor-General of Sierra Leone. He was a member of the Creole ethnic group (descendan ...

who served from 1957 to 196

List of speakers

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*http://www.thisissierraleone.com/sierra-leone-re-the-speaker-of-parliament-by-dr-abdulai-o-conteh/ 1957 establishments in Sierra Leone Government of Sierra Leone Politics of Sierra Leone

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 ...

Speakers of the Parliament of Sierra Leone, Speakers of the Parliament of Sierra Leone