Abdul Karim Koroma is a former Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

an politician. Koroma served in the Sierra Leonean government as Minister of Education (1977–1982), Regional Minister of the Northern Province

Northern Province, Sierra Leone

The Northern Province is one of the four provincial divisions of Sierra Leone. It comprises five Districts and covers an area of 35,936 km² and with a population of 1,718,240 . Its administrative and economic center is Makeni...

 (1982–1985), and foreign minister

Foreign minister

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 (1985–1992). From 1998 to 2000, Koroma served on the National Policy Advisory Committee during the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War

Sierra Leone Civil War

The Sierra Leone Civil War began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front , with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia , intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government...

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He has also been the High Commissioner

High Commissioner

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to Australia.