Osman Foday Yansaneh

Osman Foday Yansaneh
Secretary-General of the All People's Congress
Assumed office
2012
PresidentErnest Bai Koroma
Preceded byVictor Bockarie Foh
Sierra Leone Ambassador to Ghana
In office
2007–2012
Preceded byAlie Bangura
Succeeded byUmu Hawa Tejan_Jalloh
Personal details
BornKamakwie, Bombali District, Sierra Leone
Residence(s)Freetown, Sierra Leone
Alma materFourah Bay College
ProfessionLawyer
ReligionIslam (Sunni)

Alhaji Osman Foday Yansaneh is a Sierra Leonean politician who has been Secretary-General of the All People's Congress political party, the ruling party in Sierra Leone, since 2012. Yansaneh is a close ally and senior advisor to President Ernest Bai Koroma.

A Fourah Bay College graduate with a Bachelor of Laws, Yansaneh is a long time member of the APC party, and was a personal assistant to President Joseph Saidu Momoh, before the Momoh government was overthrown in a 1992 military coup[1]. He served as Sierra Leone's Ambassador to Ghana before he was elected Secretary-General of the APC party in 2012. Yansaneh is a senior member of the APC party, and a member of the APC Advisory Council, which is made up of the most senior members of the APC. Yansaneh is a native of Kamakwie, Bombali District in northern Sierra Leone.