Osman Foday Yansaneh | |
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Secretary-General of the All People's Congress | |
Assumed office 2012 | |
President | Ernest Bai Koroma |
Preceded by | Victor Bockarie Foh |
Sierra Leone Ambassador to Ghana | |
In office 2007–2012 | |
Preceded by | Alie Bangura[1] |
Succeeded by | Umu Hawa Tejan_Jalloh |
Personal details | |
Born | Kamakwie, Bombali District, Sierra Leone |
Residence(s) | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Alma mater | Fourah Bay College |
Profession | Lawyer |
Religion | Islam (Sunni) |
Alhaji Osman Foday Yansaneh is a Sierra Leonean politician who has been Secretary-General of the All People's Congress political party, the ruling party in Sierra Leone, since 2012. Yansaneh is a close ally and senior advisor to President Ernest Bai Koroma.
A Fourah Bay College graduate with a Bachelor of Laws, Yansaneh is a long time member of the APC party, and was a personal assistant to President Joseph Saidu Momoh, before the Momoh government was overthrown in a 1992 military coup[2]. He served as Sierra Leone's Ambassador to Ghana before he was elected Secretary-General of the APC party in 2012. Yansaneh is a senior member of the APC party, and a member of the APC Advisory Council, which is made up of the most senior members of the APC. Yansaneh is a native of Kamakwie, Bombali District in northern Sierra Leone.