| Honorific-Prefix: | Sir |
| Salako Benka-Coker | |
| Order2: | Chief Justice of Sierra Leone |
| Term Start2: | 1960 |
| Term End2: | 1963 |
| Predecessor2: | Vahe Robert Bairamian |
| Successor2: | Samuel Bankole Jones |
| Birth Name: | Salako Benka-Coker |
| Birth Date: | 1900 |
| Death Date: | 1965 |
| Profession: | Jurist, Justice |
Sir Salako Ambrosius Benka-Coker (1900–1965) was a Sierra Leonean judge of the Supreme Court and the first African to hold the position of Chief Justice of the newly independent state. He was awarded a Knighthood of the British Empire in 1961.[1]
Born in 1900 to Sierra Leone Creole parents, Benka-Coker attended the Sierra Leone Grammar School in Freetown and later Fourah Bay College, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1916. He later attended Durham University, followed by the Middle Temple before being called to the Bar in 1926.[2]
Benka-Coker established a private legal practice in Bathurst, Gambia before accepting an appointment in 1943 as Crown Counsel in Sierra Leone. Between 1953 and 1957, he was attorney-general before his appointment as Chief Justice in 1960.[3] [2]