Christopher Elnathan Okoro Cole (1921 – after 1990) was a Governor-general and President of Sierra Leone.
In a complicated process of constitutional change when the monarchy was abandoned in early 1971, it was provided that Siaka Stevens, then Prime Minister, would become the "second president", while Cole, who had been appointed interim governor-general on 31 March, would serve for two days as "first president". Thereafter he reverted to his earlier post of Chief Justice. Justice Christopher Okoro Elnathan Cole was also Sierra Leone's first United Nations Permanent Representative to New York. He was also member of the Lancaster delegation that signed the independence document from Great Britain.
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| Preceded by Sir Banja Tejan-Sie |
Governor-General of Sierra Leone 1971–1971 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
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President of Sierra Leone 1971–1971 |
Succeeded by Siaka Stevens |
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| Name | Cole, Christopher Okoro |
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| Date of birth | 1921 |
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Famous quotes containing the word cole:
“Has it ever occurred to you that friendship, at best, is a rather doubtful asset? I don’t want friends. I shall have worshippers and followers. People who will obey me because they recognize my greatness. Those who are loyal will be rewarded, and the others—destroyed.”
—Lester Cole (1904–1985)