Patrick Conteh
Patrick Conteh was a Sierra Leonian military leader and politician.[1]
In 1968, together with John Amadu Bangura, he participated in the Sergeants' Coup. Conteh took over with his Anti-Corruption Revolutionary Movement (ACRM) on 18 April 1968 as chairman of the National Interim Council and ended a long period of coups.[2] He sat himself as Prime Minister on the 19 April and handed over power on 22 April 1968, when a civilian government under Banja Tejan-Sie as Governor General and Siaka Probyn Stevens as Prime Minister was established.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Lentz, Harris M. (2014-02-04). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-26497-1.
- ↑ "Sierra Leone, Republic of" in Heads of States and Governments: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Over 2,300 Leaders, 1945 through 1992, ed. by Harris M. Lentz (Routledge, 2013) p679
- ↑ Kandeh, J. (2004-11-26). Coups from Below: Armed Subalterns and State Power in West Africa. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4039-7877-6.