Ibrahim Rassin Bundu is a Sierra Leonean politician and the current majority leader of the Sierra Leone Parliament. Bundu was previously the minority whip and deputy majority leader of parliament. He is a prominent and senior member of the All People's Congress (APC) party.[1][2][3][4]
Ibrahim Rassin Bundu | |
|---|---|
| Majority Leader of the Sierra Leone Parliament | |
| Assumed office January 21, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya |
| Deputy Majority Leader of Sierra Leone Parliament | |
| In office 2007–2014 | |
| Member of Sierra Leone Parliament from Port Loko District | |
| In office 2002–present | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gbinti, Dibia chiefdom, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone |
| Political party | All People's Congress (APC) |
| Residence(s) | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Alma mater | Fourah Bay College |
Ibrahim Bundu is the younger brother of Sierra Leonean economist and one of the country's most famous politicians Abass Bundu, who is a member of the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party.[5]
Ibrahim Bundu was first elected to parliament during 2002 Parliamentary elections, and has been re-elected twice in 2007 and 2012 by a large margins.[6] Bundu represents Constituency fifty one that comprises Dibia chiefdom, in Port Loko District in the Sierra Leone House of Parliament.
Bundu is a native of Gbinti, Port Loko District in Northern Sierra Leone; and a member of the Fula ethnic group. He is a close ally of Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma.
References
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- ^ "Sierra Leone News: Majority Leader blasts MDAs « Awoko Newspaper". Awoko.org. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "APC Leader Damns 3rd Term | Global Times Newspaper". Globaltimes-sl.com. 2014-05-10. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Parliament Leadership". Parliament.gov.sl. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Abass Bundu cannot turn Gbinti to Green says Hon Ibrahim Bundu a Sierra Leone Parliamentarian: Sierra Leone News". News.sl. 2005-12-10. Archived from the original on 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Parliamentary Whip warns lazy Members of Parliament in Sierra Leone". Standardtimespress.org. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
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