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Alhaji Ibrahim Kanja Sesay (born in 1955 in Bo, Sierra Leone) is a leading political figure in Sierra Leone. He served with the previous government of Sierra Leone headed by President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah (1996-2007) in various roles, and is notably credited with having worked on the nation’s post-conflict reconstruction drive.As the head of the National Commission for Reconstruction, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (NCRRR), he spearheaded the government’s efforts, supported by international partners including the World Bank and the United Nations, to reconstruct villages and towns destroyed by civil conflict. A major part of his work also involved collaborating with community leaders in towns and villages across the country to facilitate the return of displaced civilians, returnees, and former combatants to their former homes. At the onset, the NCRRR was also responsible for the disarmament of former combatants.In 2001, at the end of the mandate of NCRRR, Kanja Sesay worked with development partners to start the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA). NaCSA’s role was to take the work of NCRRR in relief and reconstruction through to development and effective and sustainable reintegration.Due to his service and work for Sierra Leone, in 2007 President Kabbah presented Kanja Sesay a National Honours Award for his “outstanding, distinguished and meritorious service” to Sierra Leone. [1]