Umu Hawa Tejan Jalloh
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Haja Umu Hawa Tejan Jalloh is the current Chief Justice
of Sierra Leone
. She was sworn in as Sierra Leone's new Chief Justice on January 26, 2008 after being appointed by president Ernest Bai Koroma
with the approval of the Sierra Leone Parliament to replace outgoing Chief Justice Ade Renner Thomas
. Before being appointed to the position, she was a Supreme Court Judge of Sierra Leone.
Jalloh is the first woman to hold the Chief Justice position in Sierra Leone's history. She is a muslim
and a member of the Fula
ethnic group from Northern Sierra Leone.
Chief Justice
The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
. She was sworn in as Sierra Leone's new Chief Justice on January 26, 2008 after being appointed by president Ernest Bai Koroma
Ernest Bai Koroma
Ernest Bai Koroma is the fourth and current President of Sierra Leone. He was sworn in as President on 17 September 2007 at the State House in the capital Freetown, shortly after being declared the winner of a tense run-off in the 2007 Sierra Leone presidential election with 54.6% of the vote over...
with the approval of the Sierra Leone Parliament to replace outgoing Chief Justice Ade Renner Thomas
Ade Renner Thomas
Ade Renner Thomas is the former Chief Justice of Sierra Leone. An ethnic Creole, Thomas was born and raised in Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital. He later obtained a Ph.D. in land law. He was appointed to the position of chief justice by former president, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. In 2008 Renner-Thomas...
. Before being appointed to the position, she was a Supreme Court Judge of Sierra Leone.
Jalloh is the first woman to hold the Chief Justice position in Sierra Leone's history. She is a muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
and a member of the Fula
Fula people of Sierra Leone
Fula people of Sierra Leone is a major ethnic group in Sierra Leone and a branch of the Fula people of western Africa. The make up about 5% of Sierra Leone's population...
ethnic group from Northern Sierra Leone.
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