Banja Tejan-Sie Prime minister

Sir Banja Tejan-Sie, GCMG (7 August 1917 – 8 August 2000) was a politician and lawyer in Sierra Leone and one of the "founding fathers" of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). Tejan-Sie was born in Moyamba District (in the current Southern Province) to a famous Muslim cleric and scholar from the Fulah tribe. Tejan-Sie was educated at the Bo School and the Prince of Wales School before continuing his education at the London School of Economics and Lincoln's Inn, where he was called to the bar in 1951.

Personal facts

Birth date	August 07, 1917
Birth place	Sierra Leone , Moyamba , Moyamba District
Religion	Islam
Date of death	August 08, 2000
Education	England London Sierra Leone Freetown London School of Economics Fourah Bay College
Spouse	Admire Stapleton
Profession	Lawyer