Abu Aiah Koroma

Abu Aiah Koroma (26 November 1928 - 6 March 2005) was a lawyer and politician in Sierra Leone. Koroma began his political career as Attorney General in 1967 and 1968. He returned to government in 1976 when he became Managing Director of the National Diamond Mining Company until 1987. In 1991 and 1992, Koroma was the Minister of Mineral Resources. In 1996, he ran as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Centre Party and gained just 4.9% of the national vote in the initial round of voting. After Ahmed Tejan Kabbah won the presidency, Koroma was named Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs, which lasted until Kabbah's re-election in 2002. Koroma passed away in 2005 at the age of 76.

Presidential Election Results

Candidate (Party)		First Round (26-27 February 1996)		Second Round (15 March 1996)
		Number of Votes	% of Votes	Number of Votes	% of Votes
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (Sierra Leone People's Party)		266,893	35.8%	608,419	59.5%
John Karefa-Smart (United National People's Party)		168,666	22.6%	414,335	40.5%
Thaimu Bangura (People's Democratic Party)		119,782	16.1%	-	-
John Karimu (National Unity Party)		39,617	5.3%	-	-
Edward Turay (All People's Congress)		38,316	5.1%	-	-
Abu Aiah Koroma (Democratic Centre Party)		36,779	4.9%	-	-
Abass Bundu (People's Progressive Party)		21,557	2.9%	-	-
Amadu Jalloh (National Democratic Alliance)		17,335	2.3%	-	-
Edward Kargbo (Poeple's National Convention)		15,798	2.1%	-	-
Desmond Luke (National Unity Movement)		7,918	1.1%	-	-
Andrew Lungay (Social Democratic Party)		5,202	0.7%	-	-
Andrew Turay (National People's Party)		3,925	0.5%	-	-
Mohamed Sillah (National Alliance Democratic Party)		3,723	0.5%	-	-
Total Votes		745,511		1,022,754

External links

• AllAfrica.com entry for Aiah Koroma