- J. B. Dauda
Joseph B. Dauda (born
24 December 1942 inBambawo ,Nongowa Chiefdom ,Kenema District , Eastern Province [http://web.archive.org/web/20061015060650/http://www.statehouse-sl.org/jbdauda.html CV] at Statehouse-sl.org.] ) is aSierra Leone an politician and economist.Education
Dauda attended
Fourah Bay College for undergraduate studies and earned a degree with honors in history from 1964 to 1967. He then moved toKing's College London of theUniversity of London from 1968 to 1969, where he also studied history.Politics
From 1972 to 1986, Dauda was engaged in a private legal practice. In the 1986 election, Dauda was elected to Parliament from
Kenema , where he served until 1992. From April 1987 to 1988, he was Minister of State in the Office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, and from November 1988 to September 1991 he was Minister of Trade. He then served as Second Vice-President, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice from November 1991 to April 1992, at which point the government was overthrown in a military coup led byValentine Strasser . Dauda returned to politics under PresidentAhmed Tejan Kabbah in 1999 as the Minister of Rural Development and Local Government, where he remained until June 2002, when he became Minister of Finance.Dauda sought the leadership of the ruling
Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) at its national convention inMakeni on September 3–4, 2005. He took fourth place, with 28 votes, behind Vice-PresidentSolomon Berewa , who won 291 votes,Charles Margai , who won 34 votes, andJulius Maada Bio , who won 33 votes. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20070103064019/http://statehouse-sl.org/archives/september2005.html "Vice President Berewa Leads SLPP"] , statehouse-sl.org, September 6, 2005.] Shortly afterward, onSeptember 6 , he was replaced as Finance Minister byJohn O. Benjamin . [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20070103064122/http://statehouse-sl.org/pressreleases/cab-res-sept6-05.html "SIERRA LEONE GOVERNMENT, Office of the President, PRESS RELEASE, Tuesday, 6th September, 2005"] , Statehouse-sl.org]References
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