Banja Tejan-Sie

Sir Banja Tejan Sie
Governor-General of Sierra Leone
In office
22 April 1968 – 21 March 1971
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byHenry Josiah Lightfoot Boston
Succeeded byChristopher Okoro Cole
Speaker of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone
In office
1962–1967
Preceded bySir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston
Succeeded bySir Emile Luke
Personal details
Born
Banja Tejan-Sie

(1917-08-07)7 August 1917
Moyamba, Moyamba District, British Sierra Leone
Died8 August 2000(2000-08-08) (aged 83)
Political partySierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)
SpouseAdmire Stapleton
Children
  • Daphne Tejan-Sie
  • Malcolm Tejan-Sie
  • Yomi Tejan-Sie
Alma materBo School

London School of Economics

ProfessionAttorney, Lawyer

Sir Banja Tejan-Sie GCMG (7 August 1917 – 8 August 2000) was the Governor General of Sierra Leone and one of the "founding fathers" of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). He was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen, with the most distinguished Order - The Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, GCMG. Tejan-Sie was born in Moyamba District (in the current Southern Province) to a famous Muslim cleric and scholar from the Fulah tribe. Tejan-Sie was educated at the Bo School and the Prince of Wales School before continuing his education at the London School of Economics and Lincoln's Inn, where he was called to the bar in 1951.