Former Sierra Leone  Minster of Lands  Country planing and the Enviroment , Finda Diana Konomanyi has been awarded a Masters Degree in Politics and International Relations from Kings College in London.

Diana Konomanyi served as Minister of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment (2015 – 2018), Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (2012 -2015) in the erstwhile Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma Prior to her ministerial appointment ‘Iron Lady’ (as she is fondly Called), was the Chairperson of the Kono District Council.

(2008 -2012) after winning a landslide victory in a local government bye election in her home town of Kono District. Following the election of the All People’s Congress (APC) and President Ernest Bai Koroma in 2007, Diana was appointed Board Chair of the Sierra Leone National Shipping Company.

An active member of the APC party, Konomanyi was the Eastern Province chairperson of the All People’s Congress (APC) for nearly two decades (2005 – 2022) and a champion of the party’s victory in 2007 and 2012 general elections.

Born and raised in Koidu Town, Kono District , Diana Konomanyi is widely considered one of the most influential female politicians in Sierra Leone. She is a close ally of Sierra Leone’s former president Ernest Bai Koroma and Dr. many senior Stakeholders within the Party