five-year terms) elections: last held 14 May 2002 (next
to be held NA May 2007) election results: percent of vote by party -
SLPP 70.06%, APC 22.35%, PLP 3%, others 4.59%; seats by party - SLPP 83,
APC 27, PLP 2

Judicial branch: Supreme Court; Appeals Court; High Court

Political parties and leaders: All People's Congress or APC [Alhaji
Sat KOROMA, interim chairman]; Citizens United for Peace and Progress
or CUPP [Alfred Musa CONTEH, interim chairman]; Coalition for Progress
Party or CPP [Jeridine WILLIAM-SARHO, interim leader]; Democratic Center
Party or DCP [Adu Aiah KOROMA]; Democratic Labor Party or DLP [George
E. L. PALMER]; Democratic Party or DP [Henry BALO, acting chairman];
National Alliance Democratic Party or NADP [Mohamed Yahya SILLAH,
chairman]; National Democratic Alliance or NDA [Amadu M. B. JALLOH];
National People's Party or NPP [Andrew TURAY]; National Republican Party
or NRP [Stephen Sahr MAMBU]; National Unity Movement or NUM [Sam LEIGH,
interim chairman]; National Unity Party or NUP [John BENJAMINE, interim
leader]; Peace and Liberation Party or PLP [Darlington MORRISON, interim
chairman]; People's Democratic Alliance or PDA [Cpl. (Ret.) Abdul Rahman
KAMARA, interim chairman]; People's Democratic Party or PDP [Osman
KAMARA]; People's National Convention or PNC [Edward John KARGBO];
People's Progressive Party or PPP [Abass Chernok BUNDU, chairman];
Revolutionary United Front Party or RUFP [Foday Saybana SANKOH, chairman];
Social Democratic Party or SDP [Andrew Victor LUNGAY]; Sierra Leone
People's Party or SLPP [Ahmad Tejan KABBAH, chairman]; United National
People's Party or UNPP [John KAREFA-SMART in exile, Raymond KAMARA, acting
leader]; Young People's Party or YPP [Cornelius DEVEAUS, interim chairman]

Political pressure groups and leaders: Trade Unions and Student Unions

International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS,
FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW (signatory),
UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
John Ernest LEIGH FAX: [1] (202) 483-1793 telephone: [1] (202) 939-9261
through 9263 chancery: 1701 19th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Peter
Russell CHAVEAS embassy: Corner of Walpole and Siaka Stev