| Post: | Chief Minister |
| Body: | Sierra Leone |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of Sierra Leone.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Sierra Leone |
| Appointer: | Governor-General of Sierra Leone (1961–1971) President of Sierra Leone (1971–1978, 2018–present) |
| Incumbent: | David Moinina Sengeh |
| Incumbentsince: | 10 July 2023 |
| Formation: | 27 April 1961 8 May 2018 (restored) |
| First: | Milton Margai |
| Abolished: | 15 June 1978 – 8 May 2018 |
This is a list of heads of government of Sierra Leone, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1954 until the present day. The office of Prime Minister was abolished after the constitutional referendum in 1978, and reinstated in 2018 with the appointment of David J. Francis as Chief Minister.
See main article: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate. In 1953, Sierra Leone was granted local ministerial powers and Milton Margai was made Chief Minister and later prime minister. A new constitution ensured Sierra Leone a parliamentary system within the Commonwealth of Nations and was formally adopted in 1958.
See main article: Sierra Leone (1961–1971). Sierra Leone was granted independence by the Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 and became a free state with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. In 1971 Sierra Leone became a republic with Siaka Stevens as executive president.
| Portrait | Name | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Sir Milton Margai | 1962 | 1961 | 1964 | SLPP | |||
| 2 | Sir Albert Margai | — | 1964 | 1967 | SLPP | |||
| 3 | Siaka Stevens | 1967 | 1967 | minutes | APC | |||
See main article: National Reformation Council. The NRC was a group of senior military officers who took power in 1967 removing Siaka Stevens from the office of prime minister and ruled the nation from 1967 to 1968. The NRC was overthrown in April 1968 by a group of military officers who reinstated Stevens as Prime Minister.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| David Lansana | 1967 | 1967 | Military | ||||
| Leslie William Leigh | 1967 | 1967 | Military | ||||
| Andrew Juxon-Smith | 1967 | 1968 | Military | ||||
| John Amadu Bangura | 1968 | 1968 | Military | ||||
Siaka Stevens was reinstated by a group of military officers who overthrew NRC. In 1971 Siaka Stevens abolished the monarchy and he made Sierra Leone and republic with Stevens as an executive president.
| Portrait | Name | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| Siaka Stevens | — | 1968 | 1971 | APC | ||||
| 4 | Sorie Ibrahim Koroma | 1973 | 1971 | 1975 | APC | |||
| 5 | Christian Alusine Kamara-Taylor | 1977 | 1975 | 1978 | APC | |||
| Portrait | Name | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 6 | David J. Francis | 2018 | 2018 | 2021 | Independent | |||
| 7 | Jacob Jusu Saffa | — | 2021 | 2023 | Independent | |||
| 8 | David Moinina Sengeh | 2023 | 2023 | Incumbent | Independent | |||