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About Julius Maada Bio
- Julius Maada Bio (born May 12, 1964) is a Sierra Leonean politician, and the 5th and current president of Sierra Leone since April 4, 2018.
- He is a retired Brigadier General in the Sierra Leone Army and was the military Head of State of Sierra Leone from January 16, 1996 to March 29, 1996 under a military Junta government.
- As the candidate of the main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party, Bio defeated Samura Kamara of the ruling All People's Congress in the runoff vote of the 2018 Sierra Leone presidential election with 51.8% of the votes to Kamara"s 48.2%.
- International and local observers declared the election free, fair and credible.
- Bio succeeded Ernest Bai Koroma as president, who was constitutionally ineligible to run for the presidency, having served the maximum two five-year terms.
- Bio Since taking office as president, Bio has been critical of the previous president Ernest Bai Koroma, and has overturned most of the executive policies of his predecessor Ernest Bai Koroma, as he accuses the Koroma presidency of massive corruption and mismanagement of the country's finances and resources.
- The Sierra Leone Ministry of Justice in Bio presidency, has opened an Independent commission of inquiries to investigate the previous government of Ernest Bai Koroma of alleged corruptions. Bio was the SLPP presidential candidate in the 2012 presidential election, but he received 37% of the votes as he was defeated by the incumbent president Ernest Bai Koroma who won 58% of the votes.
- As the military Head of State, Bio returned Sierra Leone back to a democratically elected government, when he handed power to Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of the Sierra Leone People's Party, following Kabbah"s victory in the 1996 Sierra Leone presidential election.
- Upon retiring from the military in 1996, Bio moved to the United States where he was granted political asylum, and he did not return to Sierra Leone from the U.S until 2005, when his safety in the country was guaranteed by then Sierra Leone president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. Bio has a Masters Degree in International Affairs from American University in Washington, DC.
- Bio is also a cadet graduate from Sierra Leone prestigious Benguema Military Academy.
- Bio is a practicing Roman Catholic, though his wife, First Lady Fatima Bio is a practicing Muslim.
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