List of heads of government of Sierra Leone

Prime Minister of Sierra Leone
Former political post
	Coat of arms of Sierra Leone
Predecessor
Successor
First officeholder	Milton Margai
Last officeholder	Christian Alusine Kamara-Taylor
Appointer	Governor-General of Sierra Leone (1961–1971); President of Sierra Leone (1971–1978)
Political office started	27 April 1961
Political office ended	15 June 1978

[edit] Heads of Government of Sierra Leone (1954–1978)

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Sierra Leone	Protectorate of the United Kingdom
9 July 1954 to 14 August 1958		Sir Milton Margai, Chief Minister	SLPP
14 August 1958 to 27 April 1961		Sir Milton Margai, Prime Minister	SLPP
Dominion of Sierra Leone	Independence from the United Kingdom
27 April 1961 to 28 April 1964		Sir Milton Margai, Prime Minister	SLPP	Died in office
30 April 1964 to 21 March 1967		Sir Albert Margai, Prime Minister	SLPP
21 March 1967 (minutes)		Siaka Stevens, Prime Minister	APC	1st Term; Deposed in a coup d'état
21 March 1967 to 23 March 1967		David Lansana, Prime Minister	Mil
23 March 1967 to 27 March 1967		Ambrose Patrick Genda, Chairman of the National Reformation Council	Mil
27 March 1967 to 18 April 1968		Andrew Juxon-Smith, Chairman of the National Reformation Council	Mil	Deposed in a coup d'état
18 April 1968 to 26 April 1968		Patrick Conteh, Chairman of the National Interim Council	Mil
26 April 1968 to 19 April 1971		Siaka Stevens, Prime Minister	APC	2nd Term
Republic of Sierra Leone
19 April 1971 to 21 April 1971		Siaka Stevens, Prime Minister	APC	2nd Term
21 April 1971 to 8 July 1975		Sorie Ibrahim Koroma, Prime Minister	APC
8 July 1975 to 15 June 1978		Christian Alusine Kamara-Taylor, Prime Minister	APC
15 June 1978 to Present	Post abolished