Shekou Momodou Touray, (born 22 September 1945) is a

Sierra Leonean The demographics of Sierra Leone are made up of an indigenous population from 18 ethnic groups. The Temne in the north and the Mende in the south are the largest. About 60,000 are Krio, the descendants of freed slaves who returned to Sierra L ...

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who served as the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the

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. He was educated at

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, Sierra Leone and at

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, graduating with an LLB. A legal practitioner, he previously served as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Sierra Leone. He was a Presidential Appointee to the Law Reform Commission in 2003. Touray is a member of the Mandingo

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and a native of

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in southern Sierra Leone. He is married with five children.

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*https://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2771:his-excellency-shekou-momodou-touray&catid=196&Itemid=229 *https://web.archive.org/web/20130828081411/http://www.un.int/sierraleone/staff.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205300/http://www.cocorioko.net/?p=332 1945 births Living people Fourah Bay College alumni Alumni of King's College London Sierra Leonean diplomats Permanent representatives of Sierra Leone to the United Nations People from Bonthe District Sierra Leonean Mandingo people {{UN-bio-stub