government under the leadership of Brigadier General Julius Maada Bio organized the general election in 1996, it was Sierra Leone's first general election since March 1967. Her husband Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was nominated by the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) to run for president and became the new president of Sierra Leone. First Lady of Sierra Leone In her new capacity as First Lady of Sierra Leone, Kabbah planned to set up an office of the first lady from which she would run her own projects. However, under the influence of members of his party, her husband prevented this. She endeavoured to use her skills as a lawyer and administrator to work with her husband but was again rebuffed by members of the male-dominated Sierra Leone People's Party who believed that the role of First Lady should remain largely symbolic. Death Kabbah died in a London hospital just a month after she and her husband had settled in Sierra Leone. Her husband later married Isata Jabbie. Legacy Her enduring legacy is her work on the constitution of Sierra Leone. Two schools, the Lady Patricia Kabbah Primary School in Regent, and the Lady Patricia Kabba Memorial Secondary School, was named for her in Goderich. References 1933 births 1998 deaths City University of New York faculty First Ladies of Sierra Leone People from Bonthe District Sherbro people Sierra Leonean Roman Catholics University of Chicago alumni University of Toledo alumni