Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) is a social democratic party, and one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, along with the All People's Congress (APC). The party dominated Sierra Leone's politics from it foundation in 1951 to 1967, When it lost the 1967 Sierra Leone parliamentary election to then main opposition All People's Congress (APC), lead by Siaka Stevens.
In 1996 the SLPP returned to power, as its leader Ahmad Tejan Kabbah won the 1996 Sierra Leone presidential election. The party was in power from 1996 to 2007 when it again lost to then main opposition All People's Congress (APC), lead by Ernest Bai Koroma in the 2007 Sierra Leone presidential election.
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