Monarch of Sierra Leone

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The Monarch of Sierra Leone was the former ceremonial head of state of Sierra Leone, representing the British Crown before the country became a republic.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Monarch of Sierra Leone canonical 1
Queen of Sierra Leone 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchy ⓘ
abolishedBy Republican Constitution of Sierra Leone 1971 ⓘ
capitalOfRealm Freetown ⓘ
ceremonialDuties appointment of Governor-General on advice of Sierra Leonean government ⓘ
assent to legislation via Governor-General ⓘ
symbolic commander-in-chief of armed forces ⓘ
commonMonarchWith Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
other Commonwealth realms ⓘ
constitutionalInstrument Constitution of Sierra Leone 1961 ⓘ
Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 ⓘ
constitutionalRole guarantor of continuity of government ⓘ
source of executive authority ⓘ
symbolic head of state ⓘ
country Sierra Leone ⓘ
createdOnIndependenceOf Sierra Leone ⓘ
dynasty House of Windsor ⓘ
firstMonarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
flag Royal Standard of Sierra Leone ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headOfCommonwealthRole Head of the Commonwealth ⓘ
headOfStateOf Sierra Leone ⓘ
independenceDateOfRealm 27 April 1961 ⓘ
lastMonarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
legalSystemContext Westminster-style parliamentary system ⓘ
legalTitle Queen of the United Kingdom and of Her other Realms and Territories, Queen of Sierra Leone ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
memberOf Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
monarchFrom 27 April 1961 ⓘ
monarchTo 19 April 1971 ⓘ
oathTakenByOfficialsTo the Crown in right of Sierra Leone ⓘ
officeAbolished 19 April 1971 ⓘ
politicalSystemDuringTenure Commonwealth realm ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth realms
powersExercisedBy Governor-General of Sierra Leone ⓘ
reasonForAbolition transition to republican form of government ⓘ
religionOfMonarch Protestantism ⓘ
replacedBy President of Sierra Leone ⓘ
representedInSierraLeoneBy Governor-General of Sierra Leone ⓘ
represents British Crown ⓘ
residence Buckingham Palace ⓘ
status former position ⓘ
style Her Majesty ⓘ
successionLaw British order of succession ⓘ
successorOfficeHolderTitle President of the Republic of Sierra Leone ⓘ
titleUsed Queen of Sierra Leone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of Sierra Leone → predecessorOffice → Monarch of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Monarch of Sierra Leone → titleUsed → Queen of Sierra Leone ⓘ
linked to: Monarch of Sierra Leone