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Gibril Sesay (August 1909 – September 2, 1988) was a Sierra Leonean diplomat and Muslim cleric.

Career

* He was nominated City Councillor and Chairman of the Establishment Committee. Secretary-General of the Sierra Leone Muslim Congress, Teacher of English and Arabic in the Tslamia Primary School, Lecturer of Mohammedan or Muslim law and Constitution in the Extra-Mural Department of

Fourah Bay College Fourah Bay College is a public university in the neighbourhood of Mount Aureol in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Founded on 18 February 1827, it is the first western-style university built in Sub-Saharan Africa and, furthermore, the first university-l ...

. * Lecturer of Islamics in the Sir Milton Margai College of Education and Technology Teachers' Training College, *Organising President of the Sierra Leone Muslim Reform aition Society, *Organising President of the Imanfya Social and Literary Association, *Iman of the Board of Imams for the entire Muslim Community under the auspices of the Sierra Leone Muslim Congress *In 1958 he was Mayor,

Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and po ...

City Council. *He was a founder-member of the

All People's Congress The All People's Congress (APC) is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, the other being its main political rival the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). The APC has been the main opposition party in Sierra Leone since 4 Ap ...

. *He received his advanced Arabic/Islamic education in Saudi Arabia. *In 1973 he was named acting Imam of the Freetown Central Mosque. *From 1969 to 1975 he led the sierra Leonean mission in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...

. *In 1973 he was designated Ambassador.West Africa Publishing Company Limited, 1988, Gibril Sesay dies
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sesay, Gibril 1909 births 1988 deaths Ambassadors of Sierra Leone to Egypt People from Port Loko District