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State House, Sierra Leone
The State House is the official residence of the president of Sierra Leone. It is home to the offices of the president, senior presidential staff and associated aides. The State House is located at State Avenue, Tower Hill (Sierra Leone), Tower Hill, in central Freetown. History The State House is located on State Avenue, Tower Hill (Sierra Leone), Tower Hill, in central Freetown. It stands on the site of Fort Thornton, built from ca. 1792 to 1805 and named after Henry Thornton (reformer), Henry Thornton. Inside of it was Government House, the seat of the British governor. Although it was being continually repaired and Jane Drew made alterations to it after the war, it was soon after considered "to be nearing the end of its useful life". In 1949 plans for a new Government House were presented to the public. They had been prepared by the senior architect of the Public Works Department, Robin Halliday Macartney, who was entirely responsible for the design and the construction. After ...
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Tower Hill (Sierra Leone)
Tower Hill is an affluent government and residential neighborhood in central Freetown, Sierra Leone. Tower Hill is located within the central business district in downtown Freetown. Tower Hill is the seat of the government of Sierra Leone, as it is home to the State House, Sierra Leone House of Parliament, the Ministry of Defence and National Security, the Bank of Sierra Leone, the National Electoral Commission, among other government buildings. Tower Hill is named for the Martello tower Martello towers are small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the French Revolutionary Wars onwards. Most were coastal forts. They stand up to high (with two floors) and typica ... which predated construction on it and is now a National Monument of Sierra Leone. List of government buildings * State House * Sierra Leone House of Parliament * Ministry of Defence and National Security * Bank of Sierra Leone * National Electo ...
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Governor Of Sierra Leone
This is a list of colonial administrators in Sierra Leone from the establishment of the Cline Town, Sierra Leone, Province of Freedom Colony by the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor which lasted between 1787 and 1789 and the list of colonial administrators of the Colony of Sierra Leone and the settlement of Freetown established by the Sierra Leone Company in March 1792 until Sierra Leone's independence in 1961. Administrator (1787) of the Granville Town Settlement On 14 May 1787, the Cline Town, Province of Freedom was founded by the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor for freed slaves. *B. Thompson (14 May – September 1787) Governor (1787–1789) of the Granville Town Settlement On 22 August 1788, the Cline Town, Province of Freedom and land along the Freetown, Freetown peninsula was granted to Captain John Taylor of . In 1789, it was abandoned. *John Taylor (August 1788 – 1789) Agent (1791–1792) of the new Granville Town Settlement In January 1791, the Cli ...
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Buildings And Structures In Freetown
A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for numerous factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the concept, see ''Nonbuilding structure'' for contrast. Buildings serve several societal needs – occupancy, primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical separation of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) from the ''outside'' (a place that may be harsh and harmful at times). buildings have been objects or canvasses of much artistic expression. In recent years, interest in sustainable planning and building pract ...
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Press Secretary
A press secretary or press officer is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and, using news management techniques, helps their employer to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage. Duties and functions They often, but not always, act as the organization's senior spokesperson. Many governments also have deputy press secretaries. A deputy press secretary is typically a mid-level political staffer who assists the press secretary and communications director with aspects of public outreach. They often write the press releases and media advisories for review by the press secretary and communications director. There are usually assistant press secretaries and press officers that support the press secretary. Press secretaries also give declarations to the media when a particular event happens or an issue arises inside an organization. They are expected, therefore, to have in-depth knowledge about the institution or organization th ...
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Chief Of Staff
The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporting Employment, staff or a primary aide-de-camp to an important individual, such as a President (government title), president, or a senior military officer, or leader of a large organization. In general, a chief of staff provides a buffer between a chief executive and that executive's direct-reporting team. The chief of staff generally works behind the scenes to solve problems, mediate disputes, and deal with issues before they are brought to the chief executive. Often chiefs of staff act as a confidant and advisor to the chief executive, acting as a sounding board for ideas. Ultimately the actual duties depend on the position and the people involved. Civilian Government Australia *Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister (Australia), Chief ...
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Public
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociology, sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkeit'' or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science, psychology, marketing, and advertising. In public relations and communication science, it is one of the more ambiguous concepts in the field. Although it has definitions in the theory of the field that have been formulated from the early 20th century onwards, and suffered more recent years from being blurred, as a result of conflation of the idea of a public with the notions of audience, market segment, community, constituency, and stakeholder. Etymology and definitions The name "public" originates with the Latin ''wikt:publicus#Latin, publicus'' (also ''wikt:poplicus#Latin, poplicus''), from ''wikt:populus#Latin, populus'', to the Engli ...
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Convoy
A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support and can help maintain cohesion within a unit. It may also be used in a non-military sense, for example when driving through remote areas. Naval convoys Age of Sail Naval convoys have been in use for centuries, with examples of merchant ships traveling under naval protection dating to the 12th century. The use of organized naval convoys dates from when ships began to be separated into specialist classes and national navies were established. By the French Revolutionary Wars of the late 18th century, effective naval convoy tactics had been developed to ward off pirates and privateers. Some convoys contained several hundred merchant ships. The most enduring system of convoys were the Spanish treasure fleets, that sailed from the 1520s until 1790. When merchant ships sailed independently, a privateer c ...
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Sierra Leone Police
The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) is the national police force of the Republic of Sierra Leone. It is primarily responsible for law enforcement and crime investigation throughout Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Police is under the jurisdiction of the Sierra Leone Ministry of Internal Affairs, a cabinet ministry in the Government of Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Police is headed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), who is appointed by the President of Sierra Leone and confirmed by the Sierra Leone Parliament. The president has the constitutional authority to fire the Inspector General of Police at any time. The current Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police is William Fayia Sellu who was appointed by president Julius Madda Bio on 27 July 2022 to replace Ambrose Sovula, who had been in the post since March 2020. The Sierra Leone Police was established by the British colony in 1894 and is one of the oldest police forces in West Africa. Mission The key missions of ...
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Republic Of Sierra Leone Armed Forces
The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces () are the armed forces of Sierra Leone, responsible for the territorial security of Sierra Leone's borders and defending the national interests of Sierra Leone, within the framework of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone Constitution and International laws. The armed forces were formed after independence in 1961, on the basis of elements of the former British Royal West African Frontier Force, then present in the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate. Circa 2010, the Sierra Leone Armed Forces consisted of around 13,000 personnel. History Before Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961, the military was known as the Royal Sierra Leone Military Force. The armed forces seized control in 1968, bringing the National Reformation Council into power. On 19 April 1971, when Sierra Leone became a republic, the Royal Sierra Leone Military Force was renamed as the Republic of Sierra Leone Military Force (RSLMF). The RSLMF remained ...
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Presidential Guard (Sierra Leone)
Presidential Guard may refer to: Current units *Presidential Guard Unit (Angola) * President Guard Regiment, Bangladesh *Presidential Security Service (Belarus) * Bolivian Colorados Regiment *Presidential Guard Battalion (Brazil) *Presidential Guard (Cameroon) * La Moneda Palace Guard, Chile * 37th Infantry Presidential Guard Battalion, Colombia *Presidential Guard Unit (Cyprus) *President's Own Guard Regiment, Ghana *Presidential Guard (Greece) * President's Bodyguard (India) * Presidential Security Force of Indonesia *State Protection and Guard Service of Moldova * Presidential Guards Brigade (Nigeria) *President's Bodyguard (Pakistan) *Palestinian Presidential Guard *Presidential Security Command, Philippines *Kremlin Regiment, Russia *Saudi Arabian National Guard *Saudi Royal Guard Regiment *National Guard (Tajikistan) *Presidential Guard Brigade (Uganda) *United Arab Emirates Presidential Guard *United States Secret Service *Presidential Guard (Zimbabwe) Former units *Regiment ...
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