Umu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh GCOR | |
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Chief Justice of Sierra Leone | |
In office January 2008 – February 2015 | |
Nominated by | Ernest Bai Koroma |
Preceded by | Ade Renner Thomas |
Succeeded by | Abdulai Hamid Charm |
Sierra Leone Court of Appeals Judge | |
In office 2004–2008 | |
Nominated by | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah |
Sierra Leone High Court Judge | |
In office 1996–2004 | |
Nominated by | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah |
Personal details | |
Born | Freetown, Sierra Leone | 16 April 1949
Political party | None |
Residence(s) | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Alma mater | Columbia University College of Law, London |
Profession | Judge |
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.