Valentine Strasser

Valentine Strasser is a Sierra Leonean military officer who led the 1992 coup that overthrew President Joseph Saidu Momoh and headed the National Provisional Ruling Council.

Sierra Leone Civil War: An armed conflict in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002 between the government and the Revolutionary United Front, with shifting foreign and local forces. The war was under way when Strasser and fellow junior officers seized power in 1992.
National Provisional Ruling Council: Sierra Leone's military government established after the 1992 coup and led by Valentine Strasser until 1996. It was the governing body Strasser headed after overthrowing Momoh.
1996 Sierra Leonean general election: Sierra Leone's February and March 1996 elections, which ended military rule and brought Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to the presidency. The National Provisional Ruling Council's promised transition culminated in these elections.
Multi-party democracy in Sierra Leone: A political system in which Sierra Leone's competing parties can organize, contest elections, and form governments. Strasser's unelected military council suspended ordinary party-based government.
Joseph Saidu Momoh: Sierra Leonean politician who served as president from 1985 until he was overthrown in the 1992 military coup. His government was displaced by the coup Strasser led.
1992 Sierra Leone coup: The military coup on 29 April 1992 that overthrew Sierra Leonean president Joseph Saidu Momoh. Strasser led the junior officers who seized power and formed a military council.
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah: Sierra Leonean politician who served as president from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007. He won the election that followed Strasser's military government.
One-party state: A political system in which one political party holds legal or effective control of government. Momoh's pre-coup government operated within a one-party system, unlike the military council Strasser led.
Revolutionary United Front: A Sierra Leonean rebel group that launched an insurgency against the government in 1991 under Foday Sankoh. Its advance and the army's poor conditions formed the immediate backdrop to the coup.
Julius Maada Bio: Sierra Leonean military officer who succeeded Valentine Strasser as head of state in 1996 and later became president. Bio was among the officers involved in the coup and later removed Strasser from power.

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