Sia Koroma - Biography

Biography

Sia Nyama Koroma was born on March 19, 1958 in Yengema, Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone into a wealthy prominent political family. Her mother Danke Koroma was a primary school teacher in Yengema, Kono District, and her father Abu Aiah Koroma (November 28, 1928 - March 6, 2005) was a Lawyer, and was Sierra Leone Attorney General from 1967 to 1968 under the National Reformation Council (NRC) military government of Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Juxon-Smith. Aiah Koroma was the Managing Director of the National Diamond Mining Company (NDMC) based in Kono District from 1976 to 1987. from 1991 to 1992 Aiah Koroma served as Sierra Leone minister of natural resources under president Joseph Saidu Momoh. Aiah Koroma also briefly served as Sierra Leone minister of political and parliamentary affairs under president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. Sia Koroma's father, Aiah Koroma was also a Presidential candidate in the 1996 Sierra Leone presidential elections; he won only 4.9% of the vote.

Sia Koroma spent her early years at various primary schools around Sierra Leone as her Father was being posted from one place to another. For Secondary education, she settled at the Annie Walsh Secondary School in Freetown where she graduated as a Science student in 1976.

She proceeded to London for further studies which culminated in her gaining a Masters in Organic Chemistry. She started her working life at the Sierra Leone Petroleum Refinery where she rose to the position of Chief Chemist. Her duties at the Petroleum Refinery included routine quality control of petroleum products, management of subordinate staff team and other senior management responsibilities.