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President · Sierra Leone

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

95 recorded engagements, 1996–2007: 95 visits and 5 signed agreements.

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95Engagements
95Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
5Signed agreements
33Destination countries
50Multilateral summits
1996–2007Years in LEAD

Biography

3rd President of Sierra Leone (1996–97, 1998–2007)

Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (16 February 1932 – 13 March 2014) was a Sierra Leonean politician who served as the third President of Sierra Leone from 1996 to 1997 and from 1998 to 2007. An economist and attorney by profession, Kabbah spent many years working for the United Nations Development Programme. He retired from the United Nations and returned to Sierra Leone in 1992.

In 1996, Kabbah was elected leader of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and was the party's presidential candidate in the country's first free presidential election later that year, winning. Most of Kabbah's time in office was influenced by the civil war with the Revolutionary United Front, led by Foday Sankoh, which led to him being temporarily ousted by the military Armed Forces Revolutionary Council from May 1997 to March 1998. He was soon returned to power after military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), led by Nigeria. Another phase of the civil war led to the United Nations and British involvement in the country in 2000.

As President, Kabbah opened direct negotiations with the RUF rebels to end the civil war. He signed several peace accords with Sankoh, including the...

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Where they travelled

Sierra Leone   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • Nigeria12
  • Guinea12
  • Libya8
  • United States of America7
  • United Kingdom7
  • Ghana5
  • Saudi Arabia4
  • Togo4
  • Ivory Coast3
  • Liberia3
  • Mali3
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)2

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations83
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs48
  • International Conflicts and Crises8
  • Peace and Security8
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation5
  • Development and Aid4
  • Trade and Economic Relations4
  • Education and Culture3
  • Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues2
  • Financial and Monetary Issues1
  • Health1
  • Migration and Human Mobility1

Activity by year

1996: 3 engagements1997: 5 engagements1998: 10 engagements1999: 18 engagements2000: 10 engagements2001: 4 engagements2002: 9 engagements2003: 8 engagements2004: 10 engagements2005: 7 engagements2006: 8 engagements2007: 3 engagements1996200020052007

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
1996-11-30Ivory CoastPeace Treaty
1999-05-18TogoPeace Treaty
1999-07-06TogoPeace Treaty
2002-09-27GermanyEconomics
2006-06-01LibyaHigh-level politics

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
1996-09-29VisitIran (Islamic Republic of) · Tehran
1996-10-10Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
1996-11-30VisitIvory Coast · AbidjanAgreement signedPeace Treaty
1997-08-27 – 1997-08-29Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
1997-10-01 – 1997-10-07Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
1997-10-20Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · London
1997-10-24 – 1997-10-27Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh
1997-12-09 – 1997-12-11Visit SummitIran (Islamic Republic of) · Tehran
1998-06-04VisitGuinea · Conakry
1998-06-08Visit SummitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
1998-07-01 – 1998-07-02Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
1998-07-06 – 1998-07-07VisitLibya · Tripoli
1998-07-07VisitSaudi Arabia · Jeddah
1998-07-20 – 1998-07-21VisitLiberia · Monrovia
1998-07-30Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
1998-10-21VisitNigeria · Abuja
1998-11-12 – 1998-11-13Visit SummitGuinea · Conakry
1998-12-05 – 1998-12-08VisitGambia · Banjul
1999-01-04VisitMali · Bamako
1999-03-08VisitTogo · Lomé
1999-03-09 – 1999-03-10VisitGhana · Accra
1999-03-09VisitNigeria · Abuja
1999-03-12VisitIvory Coast · Abidjan
1999-04-13 – 1999-04-14VisitGuinea · Conakry
1999-05-18VisitTogo · LoméAgreement signedPeace Treaty
1999-05-31 – 1999-06-06VisitChina · Beijing
1999-06-07 – 1999-06-09VisitLibya · Tripoli
1999-07-06 – 1999-07-07VisitTogo · LoméAgreement signedPeace Treaty
1999-07-12 – 1999-07-14Visit SummitAlgeria · Algiers
1999-07-26VisitLiberia · Monrovia
1999-07-28Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · London
1999-09-03VisitNigeria · Abuja
1999-09-14VisitGuinea · Conakry
1999-11-12 – 1999-11-15Visit SummitSouth Africa · Durban
1999-11-27 – 1999-11-28Visit SummitJordan · Amman
1999-12-09 – 1999-12-10Visit SummitTogo · Lomé
2000-03-02 – 2000-03-03VisitMali · Bamako
2000-03-29 – 2000-03-30VisitLibya · Tripoli
2000-04-03 – 2000-04-04Visit SummitEgypt · Cairo
2000-04-25Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
Show all 95 engagements
DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2000-05-09Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2000-08-16 – 2000-08-17Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2000-09-06 – 2000-09-08Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2000-09-13VisitGuinea · Conakry
2000-11-12 – 2000-11-14Visit SummitQatar · Doha
2000-12-15 – 2000-12-16Visit SummitMali · Bamako
2001-03-30VisitGuinea · Conakry
2001-04-11Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2001-09-21VisitUnited States of America · New Haven
2001-11-15 – 2001-11-17VisitLibya · Tripoli
2002-02-26 – 2002-02-27Visit SummitMorocco · Rabat
2002-03-03 – 2002-03-04Visit SummitGuinea · Conakry
2002-06-11Visit SummitItaly · Rome
2002-07-18 – 2002-07-20Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · London
2002-09-14VisitGuinea · Conakry
2002-09-20Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2002-09-27 – 2002-10-01VisitGermany · BerlinAgreement signedEconomics
2002-10-08 – 2002-10-09VisitGuinea-Bissau · Bissau
2002-10-09 – 2002-10-20VisitLibya · Tripoli
2003-02-05 – 2003-02-06VisitSaudi Arabia · Jeddah
2003-06-03 – 2003-06-09VisitGhana · Accra
2003-07-07 – 2003-07-12Visit SummitMozambique · Maputo
2003-07-08 – 2003-07-09VisitSenegal · Dakar
2003-07-24VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2003-10-22 – 2003-10-24VisitBangladesh · Dhaka
2003-10-25 – 2003-10-26VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2003-12-05 – 2003-12-08Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2004-03-18 – 2004-03-20Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2004-04-13 – 2004-04-14Visit SummitTurkey · Istanbul
2004-05-07 – 2004-05-08VisitGhana · Accra
2004-05-19 – 2004-05-20Visit SummitGuinea · Conakry
2004-07-22VisitLiberia · Monrovia
2004-07-22 – 2004-07-23VisitNigeria · Abuja
2004-07-29 – 2004-07-30Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2004-09-08 – 2004-09-09Visit SummitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
2004-09-30 – 2004-10-03VisitIvory Coast · Abidjan
2004-11-26 – 2004-11-28VisitLibya · Tripoli
2005-03-15 – 2005-03-17VisitCuba · Havana
2005-06-15 – 2005-06-16Visit SummitQatar · Doha
2005-06-19 – 2005-06-20Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2005-09-14 – 2005-09-16Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2005-10-31Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2005-11-25 – 2005-11-27Visit SummitMalta · Valletta
2005-12-07 – 2005-12-08Visit SummitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
2006-01-21 – 2006-01-24Visit SummitSudan · Khartoum
2006-03-31 – 2006-04-01Visit SummitLibya · Tripoli
2006-06-01 – 2006-06-02Visit SummitLibya · TripoliAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2006-07-20VisitUnited Kingdom · Bradford
2006-11-04 – 2006-11-08Visit SummitChina · Beijing
2006-11-14 – 2006-11-17Visit SummitGuinea · Conakry
2006-11-15 – 2006-11-18Visit SummitBelgium · Brussels
2006-12-27 – 2006-12-28VisitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
2007-02-20 – 2007-02-21Visit SummitGuinea · Conakry
2007-04-01 – 2007-04-03Visit SummitSenegal · Dakar
2007-04-29 – 2007-05-01Visit SummitGuinea · Conakry

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Ahmad Tejan Kabbah leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/ahmad-tejan-kabbah.html]