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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Valentine Strasser
		Valentine Esegragbo Melvine Strasser (born 1967) is a former head of state of Sierra Leone.
		Strasser became the youngest head of state in 1992, when he seized power in a coup d'etat at the tender age of 25.
		Strasser was a captain in the Sierra Leone army in 1992.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Valentine-Strasser (1324 words)

	Mises Economics Blog: Are All Heads Of State This Incompetent?
		Valentine Strasser was only a captain in the Sierra Leone army when it marched into the capital and demanded better treatment.
		Unfortunately, Strasser proved to be a failure as a head of state.
		Then, in 1996, Strasser was removed from power in a mostly bloodless coup, and was forced to leave the country - giving him his second world record as the youngest head of state to be removed from power.
	blog.mises.org /archives/004691.asp (910 words)

	Sierra Leone HISTORY
		Yahya, was arrested by his colleagues and replaced by Capt. Valentine Strasser, who was formally designated head of state.
		The Strasser government soon limited the status of the 1991 constitution by a series of decrees and public notices.
		In November 1993, Strasser issued a timetable for a transition to democracy to culminate in general elections in late 1995.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Sierra-Leone-HISTORY.html (1932 words)

	Guardian \| Ousted ruler may face Sierra Leone war crimes court
		Valentine Strasser, who ruled Sierra Leone with bloody consequences from 1992 to 1996, has lived in London since 1996 but his application for asylum was rejected last month.
		Strasser, 34, fled to Gambia on 27 October after The Observer disclosed he was living in Islington.
		Strasser, immensely popular with his fellow soldiers and injured after anti-rebel action, was the driving force behind mutineers who overthrew President Joseph Momoh in 1992.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4096562-103970,00.html (419 words)

	Britain deports former Sierra Leone dictator
		The security forces handed Strasser to The Gambia's National Intelligence Agency, and he was being held at its headquarters in the capital, Banjul, on Monday amid reports that he might be deported to Sierra Leone.
		Amnesty International said Strasser should be investigated for war crimes, including the shooting of 26 people on a beach during his period in power, which followed a coup.
		Strasser became the world's youngest national leader, at 26, when he was swept to power in a 1992 coup.
	www.iol.co.za /general/avant_newsview.php?click_id=68&art_id=qw97538898173I316&set_id=6 (518 words)

	Ex-dictator, jobless, lives off his mom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Valentine Strasser became the world's youngest head of state when he seized power in 1992 at the age of 25.
		Strasser was forced into exile and soon ended up in Britain, where the United Nations arranged a special scholarship for him to study law at Warwick University in Coventry.
		Unlike many of the world's former heads of state, however, Strasser was not treated to a generous government stipend or given a plush mansion or bodyguards.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /national/79944_dictator25.shtml (932 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Sierra Leone
		A 28-year-old army captain, Valentine Strasser, who had grown tired of battling the RUF without a regular paycheck, marched to the capital with some of his men and demanded their salaries.
		Strasser decided that, well, since the office was vacant, he would appoint himself president.
		Strasser paid $15 million and a share of Koidu's diamond concessions to the firm, which was led by retired white officers from the notorious apartheid-era 32 Battalion of the South African special forces.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/photo/galleries/sierra_leone/part_5.htm (1711 words)

	Sierra Leone News Archives - January 1996 - Sierra Leone Web
		Guinean authorities were reportedly upset not to have been warned in advance about the arrival of former head of state Captain Valentine Strasser, who was flown to Conakry by helicopter on Tuesday.
		"Captain Strasser has been removed from office and has safely left these shores due to his blatant attempts to implement legislation intended to be harmful to the democratic process," Kargbo said.
		Strasser last weekend declined an invitation to stand as a candidate for the National Unity Party.
	www.sierra-leone.org /slnews0196.html (806 words)

	Valentine Strasser, Schema-Root rss
		Sheku Bayoh became Secretary to the President during the military regime of Captain Valentine Strasserand#39;s NPRC and many Sierra Leoneans are aware of the pivotal...
		Sheku Bayoh became Secretary to the President during the military regime of Captain Valentine Strasser's NPRC and many Sierra Leoneans are aware of the...
		1996 - Sierra Leoneand#39;s military ruler, Captain Valentine Strasser, is ousted in a coup.
	schema-root.org /rss/?p=1732 (857 words)

	Special Report Full Text \| Africa Confidential, Inside information for over 40 years
		Strasser and his fellow officers then overwhelmed the guards while their supporters in the north of the city seized the government radio station and declared that the Momoh government had been overthrown.
		Strasser's government was increasingly dependent upon foreign troops, particularly the 2,000 Nigerian troops stationed near the capital.
		Strasser requested further foreign assistance, initially from a group of former British Army Gurkhas, as the rebel war became international news with the capture by the RUF of groups of Western hostages (a group of Italian nuns, British VSOs and expatriate mine workers).
	www.africa-confidential.com /index.aspx?pageid=17&specialreportid=4 (4725 words)

	sil0051 Ex-military ruler Strasser sent back to Sierra Leone
		Sierra Leone Web reported on Monday that Strasser was detained by an army patrol in the town of Talinding - near Banjul - and turned over to the National Intelligence Agency "after it was alleged he had been found in possession of military information".
		However, Strasser's mother said he lost his way after going for a walk and was picked up and taken to his hotel.
		Strasser, who at 26 became the world's youngest head of state in 1992, had overthrown President Joseph Momoh, head of the APC.
	www.afrol.com /News/sil051_strasser_returns.htm (543 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Sierra Leoneans stone Strasser
		A government statement said Captain Strasser had been embarrassed by people throwing stones at him and booing him when he ventured out on the streets of the capital, Freetown.
		Captain Strasser became Africa's youngest head of state when he seized power in 1992 aged 25, but was overthrown in a bloodless coup four years later.
		Sierra Leoneans had hoped Strasser's coup might end a war that broke out in 1991, but his regime failed to either defeat or reach a deal with the rebels.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/1494031.stm (299 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Ex-Sierra Leone dictator in UK
		Strasser was the world's youngest national leader at 26
		The human rights organisation said Captain Valentine Strasser - who has lived in London since dropping out of Warwick University in 1998 - must be brought to justice.
		The former dictator swept to power in a coup in April 1992 and at 26 became the world's youngest national leader.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/766705.stm (421 words)

	Radio Netherlands Worldwide - Independent thinking, independent voice - English - A Brief History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Strasser promises to hold elections within a few years.
		In 1992, the elected but highly unpopular president, Major General Joseph Momoh, was overthrown by a group of young military officers, led by 26-year-old Captain Valentine Strasser.
		The coup leaders soon became as fond of the good life as their predecessor, and people, particularly in the provinces, turned against the coup.
	www.radionetherlands.nl /features/humanrights/historysl.html (552 words)

	Kenya Broadcasting Corporation:
		Mr Strasser seized power in 1992 at the age of 25, becoming Africa's youngest head of state.
		At a news conference in the capital, Freetown, Mr Strasser complained that the government refused to pay him the benefits due to former presidents because he had never been elected.
		Sierra Leoneans had hoped Mr Strasser's coup might end a war that broke out in 1991, but his regime failed to either defeat or reach a deal with the rebels.
	www.kbc.co.ke /story.asp?ID=29961 (243 words)

	Guardian \| Sierra Leone ex-dictator living in UK
		As British charities were told to leave the war-torn African state yesterday for their own safety, news that Valentine Strasser was living legally in London prompted outrage among human rights groups.
		Captain Strasser's forces were accused of torture and murder during his four-year rule, and last night Amnesty International demanded that he be brought to justice for crimes against humanity.
		Mr Strasser swept into power in a 1992 coup and at 25 became the world's youngest national leader.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4022830-103681,00.html (355 words)

	FSL Vol 2 No 1
		Strasser was thus unceremoniously and gracelessly bundled into the plane and despatched to the neighbouring Republic of Guinea - adding to the statistics in the growing list of de-stooled Heads of State of Sierra Leone.
		Strasser argued - here again the details vary - that the election of Dr John Karimu as leader of the NUP was improper.
		Strasser’s friends claim that the "coup makers" had no intention of handing power to civilians and that they were using the NUP as a smoke screen for the NPRC.
	www.focus-on-sierra-leone.co.uk /Vol2_1.htm (11032 words)

	Sierra Leone: First stages on the road to peace: the Abidjan process (1995–96) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The protest escalated into a coup and Capt. Valentine Strasser, a friend of Musa's, emerged to be chairman of the National Provisional Ruling Council.
		In retrospect Strasser's successor, Julius Maada Bio, said the young soldiers had convinced themselves that, with the resources of the state at their disposal, they would – and should – easily crush the RUF rebels, rather than negotiate and share power with them.
		Bio was equally unhappy with Strasser's clumsy handling of the peace process, yet he also had a personal stake in talking with the RUF as his elder sister and her husband had been abducted by the RUF in 1991.
	www.c-r.org /our-work/accord/sierra-leone/first-stages.php (4510 words)

	Sierra Leone: Chronology 5/12/99
		Strasser promises to end the civil war, but fighting intensifies.
		1993: In response to international pressure, Strasser announces a two-year transition programme for the registration of political parties and presidential and legislative elections.
		January 1996: Strasser is overthrown by his deputy, Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, who adheres to the timetable for democratic elections.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /Hornet/irin_51299a.html (903 words)

	15 Aug History: This Date
		But he lost the right to stay in the former colonial power after dropping his studies and was refused entry last November after a trip to Gambia.
		Strasser's coup failed to end the civil war that broke out in 1991.
		Captain Strasser's forces were accused of torture and murder during his four-year rule, and on 26 May 2000 Amnesty International demanded that he be brought to justice for crimes against humanity.
	www.jcanu.hpg.ig.com.br /history/h4aug/h4aug15.html (9634 words)

	General News of Saturday, 27 January 1996
		Bio was given a two-gun salute and he then inspected a guard of honor formed by a detachment of the Ghana Air Force.
		Brigadier Bio, who was Strasser's second-in-command, wrested power from him in a palace coup last week.
		Strasser was accused of preparing to rig planned democratic elections in Sierra Leone on his own behalf.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=468 (193 words)

	Instapundit.com - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		But the limelight didn't last — four years later, he was ousted in another coup.
		I don't think the Strasser story is embarrassing at all.
		Despite having been the world's youngest Head of State, he should be a role model for military rulers everywhere.
	www.instapundit.com /archives/002536.php (231 words)

	Untitled Document
		General Momoh fled to Guinea and 24-year-old Captain Valentine E. Strasser was declared Chairman of the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC).
		Many citizens initially welcomed the change from the 23-year dictatorial APC regime, that was perceived as old and corrupt, which explains why thousands of citizens rushed into Freetown's streets to welcome a military coup that had overthrown an elected government.
		In January 1996, NPRC Chairman Strasser was overthrown by his second-in-command, Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, but this sudden change did not derail the transition to civilian rule.
	www.ilhr.org /africa/sleone/3nprc.htm (2495 words)

	Sierra Leone
		In December 1994, in response to a formal request from Captain Valentine Strasser, Head of State of the Republic of Sierra Leone, I dispatched an exploratory mission to that country to facilitate negotiations between the Government and the forces known as the Revolutionary United Front.
		In April and May 1995, Captain Strasser announced that to restore democracy he would set up a national reconciliation conference to prepare for a return to civilian rule in 1996 and that a three-year ban on political parties was being rescinded.
		He called on the Revolutionary United Front to renounce its armed struggle and to join the electoral process, declaring that the Government was ready to enter into a cease-fire in order to negotiate peace without preconditions.
	www.un.org /Docs/SG/SG-Rpt/ch4d-20.htm (980 words)

	Focus on Sierra Leone: Charting the way forward with ideas, comments, and analyses of national events
		This morning, Thursday 27 April 1995, Captain Valentine Strasser, Chairman of the NPRC, in an address delivered on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of Sierra Leone's independence, announced to a perplexed nation that the ban on political parties was being lifted and that a new President will be sworn-in by January 1996.
		Captain Strasser blamed the RUF for its failure to respond to "our olive branch" and called "upon the international community to impress upon the RUF to stop their senseless killings and take immediate measures to match the demonstrated commitment of (my) Government to a negotiated settlement".
		Referring to the expeditions of the RUF, he admitted that it was with the help of Guinean and Nigerian troops that "our troops succeeded in loosening their grip in all the strategic towns in the Eastern and Southern regions".
	www.focus-on-sierra-leone.co.uk /Vol1_6.htm (1673 words)

	Drillbits & Tailings: June 7, 1998: Page Four (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In 1996 Executive Outcomes, the South African mercenary company, won diamond mining concessions after it helped oust the military government of Valentine Strasser.
		Strasser's ouster in 1996 paved the way for elections that brought Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to power but his presidential career was cut short by a military coup after the mercenaries left.
		Kabbah was forced to flee to neighboring Guinea, where he received financial support from the British government among others.
	www.moles.org /ProjectUnderground/drillbits/980607/98060704.html (552 words)

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