Christiana Thorpe

Christiana Thorpe
Christiana Thorpe
Chief of the Sierra Leone Electoral Commission
Preceded by James Jonah
Personal details
Born 1948
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Nationality Sierra Leonean
Residence Freetown, Sierra Leone
Alma mater Fourah Bay College

University of London

Religion Christianity

Dr. Christiana Thorpe (born 1955 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is the current chief of the Sierra Leone National Electoral Commission, an independent agency created by the Sierra Leone government and is in charge of organising and supervising national, regional and local elections in Sierra Leone. When Captain Valentine Strasser seized power in 1992, Dr. Thorpe was the only woman in his cabinet of 19 ministers. Now she's the first woman ever to be the Chief Electoral Commissioner in the country's history. She is a member of the Creole ethnic group.

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