Albert Joe Demby (born 1934 in
Gerihun
Gerihun is a small town in Bo District in southern Sierra Leone. In late April 1996, an attack on the town led its residents and the more than 20,000 inhabitants of a displaced camp in the vicinity to flee to Bo, Sierra Leone, Bo.
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,
Bo District,
British Sierra Leone; died 2021 in
Freetown) was a Sierra Leonean medical doctor, politician and a member of the
Sierra Leone People's Party. He served as the
Vice President of Sierra Leone
The Vice-President of Sierra Leone is the second most senior government official in the executive branch of the Republic of Sierra Leone government after the president. The Vice-President's only constitutional power is to be the immediate success ...
from 29 March 1996 to 25 May 1997, when the administration was overthrown by a military junta. After the junta was deposed in 1998, he continued his term until President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's term ended in 2002, and Demby was succeeded as vice president by
Solomon Berewa, who had previously served as
Minister of Justice and
Attorney-General. Like Berewa, Joe Demby was from the
Mende ethnic group.
He died on Saturday 20 March 2021, at his home in Sierra Leone.
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1934 births
2021 deaths
Vice-presidents of Sierra Leone
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Mende people
People from Kenema District
20th-century Sierra Leonean politicians
21st-century Sierra Leonean politicians
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