Abass Bundu

Abass Chernor Bundu (born 1948 in Gbinti, Port Loko District) is a Sierra Leonean politician, diplomat, and the former Speaker of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament, in office from 25 April 2018 to 2 May 2024. Bundu was elected speaker by receiving 70 votes in Parliament. The main opposition the All People's Congress, which won the most seats in Parliament, boycotted the election process in protest and did not nominate a candidate for speaker. Bundu is a veteran politician, and a very close ally and personal friend of Sierra Leone's president Julius Maada Bio.

Before being elected speaker, Bundu was the northern regional chairman of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). He is an influential senior member of the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party

Bundu is the older brother of Ibrahim Bundu, a member of Parliament of the main opposition All People's Congress.

From 1989 to 1993, Bundu was the executive secretary of the Economic Community of West African States. Bundu was the head of several ministries in Sierra Leone, including Foreign Affairs and Agriculture. He was the presidential candidate of the now defunct Progressive People's Party (PPP) in the 1996 Sierra Leone presidential...