Arnold Jonathan Bishop-Gooding | |
Birth Date: | 1950 12, df=yes |
Birth Name: | Arnold Jonathan Bishop-Gooding |
Birth Place: | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Occupation: | Lawyer, Civil servant, Politician, Consultant |
Children: | Four children (Selina, Jacqueline, Gordon and Jason) |
Education: | Sierra Leone Grammar School, Christ's College, Cambridge |
Arnold Jonathan Bishop-Gooding (born 17 December 1950) is a Sierra Leonean lawyer, former attorney-general of Sierra Leone, and transport minister.
Arnold Jonathan Bishop-Gooding was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone to Sierra Leonean parents of Creole descent. He attended the Sierra Leone Grammar School and subsequently matriculated at Cambridge University, where he earned a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws at Christ's College, Cambridge.[1]
Bishop-Gooding returned to Sierra Leone and established the law firm, Gooding & Gooding. He was attorney-general of Sierra Leone and information minister under the NPRC government of Captain Valentine Strasser.
After returning to private practice, Bishop-Gooding also served as transport minister of Sierra Leone. He subsequently retired from public service and entered into private practice as a legal and business consultant at Selina House.