Government
Bonthe District is divided into two political administrations; the district headquarter town on the Sherbro Island is headed by a Municipal Mayor, and the main land is governed by a district council Chairman based in Mattru Jong. The Bonthe District is headed by the District Council Chairman; he and the Municipal Mayor are the highest local government officials in the district of Bonthe. The District Council Chairman and the Municipal Mayor are responsible for the general management of the district and for seeing that all local laws are enforced. The District Council Chairman is elected directly by the residents of Bonthe District. The current District Council Chairman of Bonthe District Council is Moses Probyn of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). He was elected in a landslide victory in the July 2008 Sierra Leone local government election.
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