Umu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh

Umu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh
GCOR
Chief Justice of Sierra Leone
In office
January 2008 – February 2015
Nominated byErnest Bai Koroma
Preceded byAde Renner Thomas
Succeeded byAbdulai Hamid Charm
Sierra Leone Court of Appeals Judge
In office
2004–2008
Nominated byAhmad Tejan Kabbah
Sierra Leone High Court Judge
In office
1996–2004
Nominated byAhmad Tejan Kabbah
Personal details
Born (1949-04-16) 16 April 1949 (age 75)
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Political partyNone
Residence(s)Freetown, Sierra Leone
Alma materColumbia University
College of Law, London
ProfessionJudge

Umu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh GCOR (born April 16, 1949 [1]) is a Sierra Leonean lawyer who was the first female Chief Justice of Sierra Leone from 2008 to 2015.

  1. ^ Sylvia Olayinka Blyden. "Sierra Leone Chief Justice is not yet Past 65 years : Opposition should take Claims to Supreme Court or Shut Up". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.