Andrew Juxon-Smith

Andrew Juxon-Smith
Andrew Juxon-Smith
Governor-General of Sierra Leone
	In office; 28 March 1967 – 18 April 1968
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston
Succeeded by	John Amadu Bangura
Personal details
Born	Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith; November 30, 1931; Freetown, Sierra Leone
Died	1996; Stapleton, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Military service
Rank	Brigadier

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.

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Government offices
Preceded by Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston	Governor-General of Sierra Leone 1967–1968	Succeeded by John Amadu Bangura (acting)

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