Ibrahim Bundu

{{Short description|Sierra Leonean politician}}

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| name = Ibrahim Rassin Bundu

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| nationality = Sierra Leonean

| order = Majority Leader of the Sierra Leone Parliament

| term_start = January 21, 2014

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| predecessor = Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya

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| office1 = Deputy Majority Leader of Sierra Leone Parliament

| term_start1 = 2007

| term_end1 = 2014

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| office2 = Member of Sierra Leone Parliament from Port Loko District

| term_start2 = 2002

| term_end2 = present

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| birth_place = Gbinti, Dibia chiefdom, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone

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| party = All People's Congress (APC)

| residence = Freetown, Sierra Leone

| alma_mater = Fourah Bay College

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Ibrahim Rassin Bundu is a Sierra Leonean politician and the current majority leader of the Sierra Leone Parliament. Bundu was previously the minority whip and deputy majority leader of parliament. He is a prominent and senior member of the All People's Congress (APC) party.{{cite web|url=http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200525272.shtml |title=Sierra Leone News: Majority Leader Hon. Ibrahim Bundu and Minority Leader Hon. Dr. Bernadette Lahai will both be honoured with the highest National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone : Sierra Leone News |publisher=News.sl |date= |accessdate=2015-03-18}}{{cite web|url=http://awoko.org/2014/01/30/sierra-leone-news-majority-leader-blasts-mdas/ |title=Sierra Leone News: Majority Leader blasts MDAs « Awoko Newspaper |publisher=Awoko.org |date= |accessdate=2015-03-18}}{{cite web |url=http://www.globaltimes-sl.com/apc-leader-damns-3rd-term/ |title=APC Leader Damns 3rd Term | Global Times Newspaper |publisher=Globaltimes-sl.com |date=2014-05-10 |accessdate=2015-03-18 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124259/http://www.globaltimes-sl.com/apc-leader-damns-3rd-term/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.sl/AboutUs/ParliamentLeadership.aspx |title=Parliament Leadership |publisher=Parliament.gov.sl |accessdate=2015-03-18 |archive-date=2014-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129074238/http://www.parliament.gov.sl/AboutUs/ParliamentLeadership.aspx |url-status=dead }}

Ibrahim Bundu is the younger brother of Sierra Leonean economist and one of the country's most famous politicians Abass Bundu, who is a member of the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party.{{cite web |url=http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=2&num=1123 |title=Abass Bundu cannot turn Gbinti to Green says Hon Ibrahim Bundu a Sierra Leone Parliamentarian: Sierra Leone News |publisher=News.sl |date=2005-12-10 |accessdate=2015-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010414/http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=2&num=1123 |archive-date=2014-05-28 |url-status=dead }}

Ibrahim Bundu was first elected to parliament during 2002 Parliamentary elections, and has been re-elected twice in 2007 and 2012 by a large margins.{{cite web|url=http://standardtimespress.org/?p=894 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809222812/https://standardtimespress.org/?p=894 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |title=Parliamentary Whip warns lazy Members of Parliament in Sierra Leone |publisher=Standardtimespress.org |date= |accessdate=2015-03-18}} Bundu represents Constituency fifty one that comprises Dibia chiefdom, in Port Loko District in the Sierra Leone House of Parliament.

Bundu is a native of Gbinti, Port Loko District in Northern Sierra Leone; and a member of the Fula ethnic group. He is a close ally of Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma.

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