Brigadier Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith (30 November 1931 – 1996) was a Creole politician and military officer in

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

. He was briefly (27 March 1967 to 18 April 1968) Chairman of the

National Reformation Council The National Reformation Council, or NRC, was a group of senior military officers with Brigadier Andrew Juxon-Smith as its chairman, who seized control of the Sierra Leone Government of Sierra Leone, government on March 23, 1967. They suspended the ...

and acting

Governor-General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

, equivalent to head of the Sierra Leonean state. He was additionally

Minister of Finance of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Ministry of Finance is a ministerial department of the Government of Sierra Leone, and is in charge of managing the revenue and finances of the Sierra Leone government. The ministry implements the Sierra Leone government economic poli ...

. He and the Council were overthrown in April 1968 by a group of low-level military officials led by

John Amadu Bangura Brigadier John Amadu Bangura, CBE (8 March 1930 – 29 March 1970) was a Sierra Leonean who served as Chief of the Defence Staff of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces from 1968 to 1970. Prior to this in 1967, he served as the Sierra Leonean Amba ...

that restored Sierra Leone to rule by parliament under

Siaka Stevens Siaka Probyn Stevens (24 August 1905 – 29 May 1988) was the leader of Sierra Leone from 1967 to 1985, serving as Prime Minister of Sierra Leone, Prime Minister from 1967 to 1971 and as President from 1971 to 1985. Stevens' leadership was ofte ...

. 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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1931 births 1996 deaths Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst People from Freetown Sierra Leonean politicians Sierra Leonean military personnel Leaders who took power by coup Governors-General of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Creole people Prime Ministers of Sierra Leone Finance ministers of Sierra Leone {{SierraLeone-mil-bio-stub