Andrew Juxon-Smith Explained

Andrew Juxon-Smith
Order1:Governor-General of Sierra Leone
Term Start1:28 March 1967
Term End1:18 April 1968
Monarch1:Elizabeth II
Predecessor1:Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston
Successor1:John Amadu Bangura
Birth Name:Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith
Birth Date:30 November 1931
Birth Place:Freetown, Sierra Leone
Death Date:1996
Death Place:Stapleton, New York, U.S.
Rank:Brigadier
Alma Mater:Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Brigadier Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith (30 November 1931[1] – 1996) was a Sierra Leonean politician and military officer in of Creole descent. Between 27 March 1967 and 18 April 1968, he was Chairman of the National Reformation Council and acting Governor-General, equivalent to head of the Sierra Leonean state. He was additionally Minister of Finance of Sierra Leone.[2] He and the Council were overthrown in April 1968 by a group of low-level military officials led by John Amadu Bangura that restored Sierra Leone to rule by parliament under Siaka Stevens. He later moved to the United States and died in Stapleton, New York.

Juxon-Smith's life is the subject of the short documentary A Forgotten Past, directed by Andreas Hadjipateras in 2018.

References

  1. Book: Africa Who's who. 9780903274173. Uwechue. Raph. 1991. Africa Journal Limited .
  2. Book: Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1967Jan-June.. HathiTrust. 2003 . 2027/osu.32435024020125.

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