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Salia Jusu-Sheriff (1 June 1929 – 19 December 2009) was a
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...
an politician who served as
Vice President of Sierra Leone The vice president of Sierra Leone is the second most senior government official in the executive branch of the Republic of Sierra Leone government after the president. The vice president's only constitutional power is to be the immediate suc ...
from 1987 to 1991. He was the leader of the SLPP party.


Life

Jusu-Sheriff was born in 1929 in Freetown. He was an economist and a lawyer. He was
Minister of Finance of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Ministry of Finance is a ministerial department of the Government of Sierra Leone, and is in charge of managing the revenue and finances of the Sierra Leone government. The ministry implements the economic policies and is responsible ...
from May 1982 to September 1984. Sierra Leone had two Vice Presidents, the First and Second, Jusu-Sheriff was the Second from 1987 to 1991. Jusu-Sheriff retired after
Joseph Saidu Momoh Joseph Saidu Momoh (January 26, 1937 – August 3, 2003) was a Sierra Leonean politician and military officer who served as the second President of Sierra Leone from November 1985 to 29 April 1992. Momoh was a member of the Limba ethnic group ...
was overthrown. His and Gladys Jusu-Sheriff's daughter Yasmin Sheriff has been an active campaigner in Sierra Leone, especially after 1991 when the Sierra Leone Civil War started. He died in
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
, UK on 19 December 2009. Gladys Jusu-Sheriff survived him and she became a trustee for refugee work in Islington.


References

1929 births 2009 deaths Vice-presidents of Sierra Leone Politicians from Freetown Finance ministers of Sierra Leone Government ministers of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone People's Party politicians People from Kailahun District 20th-century Sierra Leonean politicians {{SierraLeone-politician-stub