Samuel Sam-Sumana

Samuel Sam-Sumana

Infobox President


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name = Samuel Sam-Sumana
nationality = Sierra Leonean
|order = Vice President of Sierra Leone
term_start = 17 September, 2007
term_end =
predecessor = Solomon Berewa
successor = |birth_date = birth date and age|1962|4|7
birth_place = Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone
dead =
party = All People's Congress (APC)
alma_mater = Metropolitan State University
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
profession = Businessman
spouse = Khadija Sam-Sumana
religion = Islam
ethnic group = Kono

Samuel Sam-Sumana (born April 7 1962 in Koidu Town, Kono District) is a Sierra Leonean politician, and the current Vice President of Sierra Leone. He became the newest Vice President on September 17 2007, running as part of the All People's Congress (APC) alongside Presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma that defeated Presidential candidate Solomon Berewa and his Vice Presidential candidate Momodou Koroma on the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) ticket.

Samuel Sam-Sumana holds a Bachelor degree of Science (BSC) in Management Information System from the Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States [http://cocorioko.net/app/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=727&Itemid=37] . He also holds a diplomat in Computer Network Support Specialist from Knollwood Computer and Business School, in St Louis Park, Minnesota, United States [http://cocorioko.net/app/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=727&Itemid=37] .

Sam-Sumana is married to Khadija Sam-Sumana. The couple were residing in Minnesota, but returned to Freetown when Sam-Sumana was named as the running mate by the then main oppostion leader and current Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma on the ticket of the All People's Congress (APC).

Early life

Samuel Sam-Sumana was born on April 7, 1962 in Sierra Leone's fourth largest city of Koidu Town in the diamond-rich Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Sumana is a devoted Muslim and was born to muslim parents from the Kono ethnic group. He is the fourth son of late Kono Chief Samuel Sam-Sumana and Haja Sia Hawa Sam-Sumana. Sam-Sumana attended the Jaiama Secondary School in Koidu Town.

Career

Before becoming the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Sam-Sumana was the Chief Executive Officer of Aries Rehabilitation Construction and Supplies (ARCS) SL Ltd, incorporated under the laws of Sierra Leone. As Chief Executive Officer, Sam-Sumana showed his Leadership and Management skills when dealing with people in his employ. He served as Vice Chairman Kono-Union Chapter USA, in Minnesota, in the United States Of America.

At the height of the civil war in Sierra Leone, Sam-Sumana was agonized over the near total collapse of the infrastructure of Kono District. In his position as Vice Chairman, Kono-Union Chapter USA, he paid frequent visits to the district and forged a good working relationship with the chiefdom authorities in Kono and Kenema District. He pioneered the construction and repairs of roads in Kono and Kenema districts using funds raised through advocacy and his own personal funds for the betterment of the then inaccessible areas of the Eastern region of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

Earlier, the Vice President served as Managing Director of the United Diamond Mining Company, Kodu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone. With his expertise in the field of diamond mining, he used to introduce environmental friendly and just mining methods in the field bringing development to the people where his company operated.

Samuel Sam-Sumana also served as the Regional Manager for C-12 International, a company based in Texas in the United States. The company engaged in diamond buying in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

His native ingrained knowledge of the diamond industry made an asset to the company where he oversaw training, recruitment, planning and marketing. He provided advice to the company on the socio-political condition in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

Honourable Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana holds a Bachelor degree of Science (BSC)in Management Information System from the Metropolitan State University, in Minnesota, USA. Samuel also holds two Diplomas, the first is the Diamond Rough Grading, Sorting and Polishing from the America Institution of Diamond Cutting and Polishing, in Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States, and a Diploma in Computer Network Support Specialist from Knollwood Computer and Business School, in St Louis Park, Minnesota, United States.

While in the United States, Samuel Sam-Sumana worked for Prudential Financial Group as the System Officer of the network support. He provided he strategic management and operational oversight for the Group, providing training and counseling to subordinate staff. At Allina Health Services, the Vice President ran the Network Support System. He provided the same service to Seagate Technologies in the United States

Sam-Sumana is a member of the "Five-Man Committee" of the All People’s Congress Party; a party with which Samuel has had a life-long association imbibing the populist character of the Party; a key ingredient in VP Samuel Sam-Sumana’s personal make-up. He has contributed reasonably to the APC in the Kono District and beyond with the aim of strengthening the party in the District.

The Vice President is a substantial contributor to the Kono District Scholarship Board.

External links

* [http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20055930.shtml Biographical Sketch of Mr. Samuel Sam-Sumana, 11 July 2007, Awareness Times]


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