List of Governors-General of Sierra Leone
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Governors-General of Sierra Leone, 1961–1971
- Sir Maurice Henry DormanMaurice Henry DormanSir Maurice Henry Dorman, GCMG, GCVO was the representative of the British Monarchy in Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Sierra Leone, and Malta. He studied at Cambridge University. He served in Sierra Leone from 1956 until 1962, for which he was knighted in 1957...
(27 April 1961–27 April 1962) - Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot BostonHenry Josiah Lightfoot BostonSir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston was a Sierra Leonean diplomat and politician. He was the first indigenous Governor-General of Sierra Leone...
(27 April 1962–April 1967) - Andrew Juxon-SmithAndrew Juxon-SmithBrigadier Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith was a politician and military official in Sierra Leone. He was briefly Chairman of the National Reformation Council and acting Governor-General, equivalent to head of the Sierra Leonean state...
(April 1967–18 April 1968) (acting) - John Amadu BanguraJohn Amadu BanguraBrigadier John Amadu Bangura was the acting Governor-General of Sierra Leone from 18 April 1968 until 22 April 1968. He led the Sargents Coup in 1968 that successfully re-instated civilian rule in Sierra Leone.- Early life :...
(18–22 April 1968) (acting) - Sir Banja Tejan-SieBanja Tejan-SieSir Banja Tejan-Sie, GCMG was a politician and lawyer in Sierra Leone and one of the "founding fathers" of the Sierra Leone People's Party . Tejan-Sie was born in Moyamba District to a famous Muslim cleric and scholar from the Fulah tribe...
(22 April 1968–31 March 1971) - Christopher Okoro Cole (31 March–19 April 1971) (interim)
See also
- List of colonial heads of Sierra Leone
- President of Sierra LeonePresident of Sierra LeoneThe President of the Republic of Sierra Leone is the head of state and the head of government of Sierra Leone, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces...
- List of heads of government of Sierra Leone