# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-j-francis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:29:57.543Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-j-francis"
name: "David J. Francis"
slug: "david-j-francis"
description: "David John Francis is a Sierra Leonean politician, academic and author, who served as Chief Minister of Sierra Leone from April 2018 to April 2021. He is the first person to hold the office of Chief Minister since it was abolished in 1978. He is widely seen as the most highly influential government official in Sierra Leone, after the president and the vice president."
tagline: "Sierra Leonean politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_J._Francis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1965-10-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.51
  momentum:             1.57258064516129
  historical:           10.94366533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%88_%D8%AC%DB%92_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B3_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "ڈیوڈ جے فرانسس (سیاست دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Francis_(Politiker)"
    title: "David Francis (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%A4%CE%B6._%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%82"
    title: "Ντέιβιντ Τζ. Φράνσις"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Francis_(politician)"
    title: "David J. Francis (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Francis"
    title: "David J. Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Francis"
    title: "David J. Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Francis"
    title: "David J. Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Francis"
    title: "David Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Francis"
    title: "David J. Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Francis"
    title: "David J. Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Фрэнсис, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Francis"
    title: "David Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Девід Френсіс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53863493"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump