Patrick Conteh was a Sierra Leonian military leader and politician.
In 1968, together with John Amadu Bangura, he participated in the Sergeants' Coup. Conteh took over with his Anti-Corruption Revolutionary Movement (ACRM) on 18 April 1968 as chairman of the National Interim Council and ended a long period of coups."Sierra Leone, Republic of" in Heads of States and Governments: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Over 2,300 Leaders, 1945 through 1992, ed. by Harris M. Lentz (Routledge, 2013) p679 He sat himself as Prime Minister on the 19 April and handed over power on 22 April 1968, when a civilian government under Banja Tejan-Sie as Governor General and Siaka Probyn Stevens as Prime Minister was established.
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