All People's Congress | |
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| Leader | Ernest Bai Koroma |
| Chairman | Ernest Bai Koroma |
| Secretary-General | Alhaji Osman Foday Yansaneh |
| Spokesperson | Cornelius Deveaux |
| Founder | Siaka Stevens |
| Founded | 20 March 1960 |
| Split from | Sierra Leone People's Party |
| Headquarters | 31 Railway Line, Brookfields Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Ideology | African nationalism Social democracy Pan-Africanism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | "Action, Progress, Commitment" |
| Seats in Parliament | 54 / 132 |
| District Councils Chairperson | 7 / 13 |
| Municipalities Mayors | 3 / 6 |
| Website | |
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The All People's Congress (APC) is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, the other being its main political rival the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). The APC has been the main opposition party in Sierra Leone since 4 April 2018 when Julius Maada Bio of the SLPP won the 2018 presidential elections, though it maintains a majority in parliament.
The APC party was founded in 1960 by a breakaway group from the Sierra Leone People's Party that vehemently opposed elections before independence and instead supported independence before elections. The APC governed the country from 1968 to 1992 and became the ruling party again in 2007 after the party presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma won the 2007 presidential election, he contested and also won the 2012 elections. The APC lost power on 4 April 2018, with its flagbearer Samura Kamara losing the presidential election to Bio.
The APC is very popular and receives large majority support in almost all of the northern districts of Sierra Leone with strong ties to the Temne and some Limba people. The APC is also popular with significant majority in the Western Area (including Freetown).