Christopher Okoro Cole
Christopher Elnathan Okoro Cole (OBE) (1921 – after 1990) was a Governor-general and President of Sierra Leone for a few days in 1971.
In the 1965 Birthday Honours, Cole was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for "public services as Minister without Portfolio".[1]
In a complicated process of constitutional change when the monarchy was abandoned in early 1971, it was provided that Siaka Stevens, then Prime Minister, would become the "second president", while Cole, who had been appointed interim governor-general on 31 March, would serve for two days as "first president". Thereafter he reverted to his earlier post of Chief Justice. Justice Christopher Okoro Elnathan Cole was also Sierra Leone's first United Nations Permanent Representative to New York. He was also member of the Lancaster delegation that signed the independence document from Great Britain.
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 43670. p. 5517. 4 June 1965. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
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| Preceded by Sir Banja Tejan-Sie |
Governor-General of Sierra Leone 1971 |
Succeeded by Himself as President |
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| Preceded by Himself as Governor-General |
President of Sierra Leone 1971 |
Succeeded by Siaka Stevens |
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