Parliament of Sierra Leone

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Parliament of Sierra Leone
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Abass Bundu, since 25 April 2018, SLPP
Deputy Speakers	Foday Alhassan Kargbo Gerald Caulker Abdulay Umar Jalloh Osman Ibrahim Sesay Mustapha Alhaji Turay Roger W. Koroma, SLPP
Leader of the Opposition	Musa Juma Bangura, APC
Structure
Seats	149 (135 elected + 14 appointed)
Political groups	Sierra Leone People's Party (81)   All People's Congress (54)   Paramount chiefs (14)
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation
Last election	24 June 2023
Next election	2028
Meeting place
House of Parliament, Tower Hill, Freetown
Website
www.parliament.gov.sl

Parliament of Sierra Leone is the legislative branch of the government of Sierra Leone.^[1] It is principally responsible for making laws. The Sierra Leone parliament consists of 149 members, of which 135 members are directly elected from across Sierra Leone's 16 districts, while 14 are paramount chiefs appointed from the 14 rural districts. The parliament is led by the Speaker of the House; the position is currently held by Abass Bundu of the Sierra Leone People's Party.^[2] The current elected 135 ordinary members of parliament are composed of members of the All People's Congress and the Sierra Leone People's Party which are the two largest political parties in Sierra Leone.