Sierra Leone By dwlehrhardt Period: 1956 to 1956 x 1961 Milton Margai premier Apr 27, 1961 Independence 1964 Albert Margai premier 1967 Set up University of Sierra Leone 1967 Coup by Juxon-Smith 1968 Siaka Stevens premier 1971 Republic of Sierra Leone established 1978 One-party rule 1985 Joseph Saidu Momoh president 1991 Conflict Liberia spills into Sierra Leone Period: 1991 to 2002 Civil war 1992 Coup by Valentine Strasser 1996 Coup by Julius Maada Bio 1996 Ahmad Kabbah elected president 1997 Coup by Johnny Paul Koroma 1998 President Kabbah reinstalled 1998 Lomé Peace Agreement 2002 Kabbah wins elections 2007 Ernest Bai Koroma elected president 2012 Charles Taylor convicted of war crimes 2014 Ebola outbreak 2018 Bio returns to presidency
