page_title: Joseph Saidu Momoh
section_title: President of Sierra Leone
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Saidu Momoh / Career / President of Sierra Leone
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: Joseph Saidu Momoh egy sierra leonei papírpénzen
context_page_description: Major General Joseph Saidu Momoh, OOR, OBE served as President of Sierra Leone from November 1985 to April 29, 1992.
context_section_description: In 1985, Momoh became secretary-general and head of the All People's Congress (APC). The same year, he succeeded President Siaka Stevens by becoming the only candidate in a one-party election in the form of a referendum on 8 October 1985.
  Momoh became the second President of Sierra Leone and he served from November 28, 1985 to April 29, 1992.
  Momoh declared a state of economic emergency early in his rule, granting himself greater control over Sierra Leone's economy, but he was not regarded as a dictator.  Instead, his people viewed him as far too weak and inattentive to the affairs of state, allowing his notoriously corrupt advisors to manipulate matters behind the scenes.
  Momoh had inherited a disintegrating economy from his predecessor and he was unable to stop the trend. The country's currency decreased in value.  Sierra Leone reached the point under President Momoh where it could not afford to import gasoline and fuel oil, and the country went without electricity for months at a time.
caption: President Momoh appears on the Leone
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