Alhaji Abubakarr Jalloh is a Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

an politician. Since the election of Ernest Bai Koroma

Ernest Bai Koroma

Ernest Bai Koroma is the fourth and current President of Sierra Leone. He was sworn in as President on 17 September 2007 at the State House in the capital Freetown, shortly after being declared the winner of a tense run-off in the 2007 Sierra Leone presidential election with 54.6% of the vote over...

 as President of Sierra Leone

President of Sierra Leone

The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone is the head of state and the head of government of Sierra Leone, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces...

 in September 2007, Jalloh has served as Minister of Mineral Resources. In 2002 Presidential election, Jalloh was the running mate of Koroma in the Sierra Leone People's Party

Sierra Leone People's Party

Sierra Leone People's Party is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, along with the All People's Congress .-Formation:...

. He is a member of the Fula

Fula people

Fula people or Fulani or Fulbe are an ethnic group spread over many countries, predominantly in West Africa, but found also in Central Africa and Sudanese North Africa...

 ethnic group.

Education

Jalloh attended the Methodist Boys’ High School in Freetown and then completed his A levels at Prince of Wales School

Prince of Wales School (Freetown, Sierra Leone)

Prince of Wales School is an all boys secondary school in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Girls however are admitted into its sixth form "A" Level program...

. Jalloh then attended Fourah Bay College

Fourah Bay College

Fourah Bay College is the oldest university college in West Africa. It is located atop Mount Aureol in Freetown, Sierra Leone...

 where he majored in math and physics. At Fourah Bay, Jalloh became involved in Maoist

Maoism

Maoism, also known as the Mao Zedong Thought , is claimed by Maoists as an anti-Revisionist form of Marxist communist theory, derived from the teachings of the Chinese political leader Mao Zedong . Developed during the 1950s and 1960s, it was widely applied as the political and military guiding...

 student protests. Jalloh later earned Masters Degrees in Geophysics, Atmospheric physics and Hydrogeology from Imperial College London

Imperial College London

Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...

 and University College London

University College London

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 respectively.

External links

• Profile of Alhaji Abubakarr Jalloh The Patriotic Vanguard, 11 October 2007