Samura Kamara
| Samura Kamara | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone | |
| Assumed office 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Bandabla Dauda |
| Minister of Finance of Sierra Leone | |
| In office 2009–2012 |
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| Preceded by | David Carew |
| Succeeded by | Kaifala Marah |
| Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone | |
| In office 2007–2009 |
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| Preceded by | James Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Sheku Sambadeen Sesay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara 15 December 1963 Kamalo, Bombali District, Sierra Leone |
| Nationality | Sierra Leonean |
| Political party | All People's Congress (APC) |
| Residence | Freetown, Sierra Leone, |
| Alma mater | Fourah Bay College |
| Profession | economist |
| Religion | Christianity |
Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara (born December 15, 1963) is a Sierra Leonean economist who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone since 2012. [1][2]
A natve of Kamalo, Bombali District, Samura Kamara spent some time as Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance during President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's administration. [3] He was the Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone from 2007 until March 2009, when he was appointed by President Ernest Bai Koroma as Minister of Finance. [4] In December 2012, he became the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [5] Samura Kamara is a member of the Limba ethnic group.
Early life
Samura Kamara was born in the village of Kamalo, Bombali District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone to ethnic Limba parents.[1]
Career
Kamara served from at least autumn 2005 as Financial Secretary at Sierra Leone's Ministry of Finance.[2] He left the post some time before 2007 to work as an executive for the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.[3] He was in December 2007 appointed governor of Sierra Leone's central bank, a decision which local papers reported had the backing of Sierra Leone's international donors and supporters of the Bretton Woods system.[4] In late February 2009 Kamara was appointed by President Ernest Koroma to succeed David Carew as Sierra Leone's Minister of Finance.[5] Kamara dismissed suggestions that his new role represented a demotion.[6] He forecast that, as the country endured the late-2000s global recession, Sierra Leone would experience a contraction in economic growth during 2009 to 5.5-6%, down from 7-7.5% the previous year. He also, however, projected slowing inflation, and the country's foreign reserve holdings remained within limits set by its major donor, the IMF.[7]
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