Alhaji Mohamed B. Daramy (born 1955 in Panguma, Lower Bambara Chiefdom, Kenema District

Kenema District

Kenema District is a district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Kenema, which is also the third largest city in Sierra Leone. The other major towns in the district include Tongo and Blama. The district is the most populous district in the Eastern province with...

) is a 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. Daramy has many years of experience in industry, the private sector and in government having served as minister of Labour, minister of Trade, minister of Transportation, minister of Finance and recently minister of Development and Economic Planning.

Early life and education

Daramy was born to late Alhaji Kemoh Daramy and Hadja Nmama Turay Daramy at Panguma, Lower Bambara Chiefdom, Kenema District within the Eastern Province

Eastern Province, Sierra Leone

Eastern Province is one of the four provinces of Sierra Leone. It covers an area of 15,553 km² and has a population of 1,187,532...

 of Sierra Leone. Both of his parents came from the Mandingo

Mandinka people

The Mandinka, Malinke are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa with an estimated population of eleven million ....

 ethnic group.

He completed his primary education at the Kailahun Primary School in Kailahun

Kailahun

Kailahun is the capital of Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. The town lies 300 miles east of Freetown and with a population of 25,210. The population of Kailahun is largely from the Mende ethnic group and the Mende language along with the Krio language are widely spoken...

 and later attended the Bo Government Secondary School

Bo School

The Bo Government Secondary School commonly known as Bo School is a secondary school located in Bo, the second largest city in Sierra Leone. The school was founded in 1906 at the behest of Governor Leslie Probyn to educate the sons of Paramount Chiefs in the British manner...

 in Bo

Bo, Sierra Leone

Bo is the second largest city in Sierra Leone and the largest city in the Southern Province. It lies about 164 miles south-east of Freetown and had a population 149,957 in the 2004 census, with a current estimate is 231,494 . The city serve as the capital and administrative center of Bo District...

 where he successfully attained both his O and A level certificates.

Daramy moved to the United States

United States

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 where he obtained a Bachelors degree in Business Administration, a Masters Degree in Business Administration with a Finance major. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

He is a former excellent soccer star who earned All-American status while at his at Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown College

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 in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. He was drafted to play professional football but he turn down thee offer to concentrate on school.