Collins O. Bright Explained

Collins O. Bright
Office:	Chargé d'affaires of Sierra Leone to Egypt
Predecessor:	Gibril Sesay
Successor:	Gibril Sesay Kemoh Fadika
Office2:	of Sierra Leone to United States
Term Start2:	22 April 1971
Term End2:	22 July 1971
Predecessor2:	John Akar
Successor2:	Jacob Arthur Christian Davies
Birth Date:	1917 2, df=y^[1]

Collins Oluwole Bright (born 11 February 1917) was a Sierra Leonean diplomat.

Career

• In 1963, he was commercial attaché in the Sierra Leonean High Commission at 178 Broad Street in Lagos, Nigeria.^[2]
• From 1969 to 1970, he was Chargé d'affaires in Cairo.
• From 22 April to 22 July 1971, he was Chargé d'affaires in Washington, United States.^[3]
• In 1972, he was Counsellor at the Permanent Mission to the Headquarters of the United Nations.
• On 29 March 1974, he was director of the political division in the foreign ministry of Sierra Leone and member of the Government of Sierra Leone Delegation to the special session of the United Nations General Assembly.
• From 27 February 1975 until 1981, he got Exequatur as acting consul general for the United States in New York.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Collins Oluwole Bright . UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878–1960 . 7 February 2023.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=5_FRAQAAMAAJ&q=Sierra+Leone++Bright,+Charges+d%27Affaires Facts about Nigeria, 1963
3. Who's who in Sierra Leone, 1980, https://books.google.com/books?id=_IkhAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Service+after+demobilization.+Assistant+District+Commissioner%22p. 44http://embassyofsierraleone.net/node/50
4. New York New York Collins O. BRIGHT, acting consul general 27 February 1975 Foreign Consular Offices in the United States, Department of State, 1976, p. 95https://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=8484&dt=2494&dl=1346