- Source: Soccoh Kabia
Soccoh Kabia is a Sierra Leonean politician and physician who served as the Minister of Health, Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, and Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Sierra Leone from 2007 to 2013.
Early life and education
Kabia was born in Bo, Sierra Leone. His father is Paramount Chief Bai Koblo Pathbana II, an ethnic Temne from Lunsar, Port Loko District and his mother is Paramount Chief Madam Ella Koblo Gulama, an ethnic Mende. His parents ruled the two most influential royal houses in Sierra Leone. Between them, his parents ruled the two most important royal houses in Sierra Leone. His mother is widely considered the country's greatest stateswomen.
He is the younger brother of Francis Obai Kabia.
Kabia is a physician and nephrologist.
Political career
He is currently the only member of the People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) political party in the current cabinet of Ernest Bai Koroma.
Kabia attended medical school in the United States. He spent over thirty years as a medical doctor in the United States.
Ancestry
Further reading
Bai Koblo Pathbana II
Ella Koblo Gulama
Francis Obai Kabia
Julius Gulama
David Lansana
External links
http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/peo/peo_41385.aspx
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Zainab Bangura
- Soccoh Kabia
- Kabia (surname)
- Alie Koblo Queen Kabia II
- Francis Obai Kabia
- Zainab Bangura
- Bai Koblo Pathbana II
- Temne people
- Ella Koblo Gulama
- Julius Gulama
