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Albert Joe Demby (born 1934 in Gerihun,
Bo District Bo District is a district in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. It is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone. Bo District is the second most populous district in Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is the city of Bo, which is a ...
, British Sierra Leone; died 2021 in
Freetown Freetown () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, e ...
) was a Sierra Leonean medical doctor, politician and a member of the Sierra Leone People's Party. He served as the Vice President of Sierra Leone from 29 March 1996 to 25 May 1997, when the administration was overthrown by a military junta. After the junta was deposed in 1998, he continued his term until President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's term ended in 2002, and Demby was succeeded as vice president by
Solomon Berewa Solomon Ekuma Dominic Berewa (6 August 1938 – 5 March 2020) was Vice-president of Sierra Leone from May 2002 to September 2007. Standing as the candidate of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), he was defeated in the second round of the 20 ...
, who had previously served as
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and
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. Like Berewa, Joe Demby was from the Mende ethnic group. He died on Saturday 20 March 2021, at his home in Sierra Leone.


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1934 births 2021 deaths Vice-presidents of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone People's Party politicians Mende people People from Kenema District 20th-century Sierra Leonean politicians 21st-century Sierra Leonean politicians {{SierraLeone-politician-stub