Attorney-General and Minister of Justice
Although there were attorneys-general that served the Colony of Sierra Leone, the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice that still stands today was first established in 1961.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ryIyBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA44|title=Universal Jurisdiction: The Sierra Leone Profile|last=Thompson|first=Justice Bankole|date=2015-03-12|publisher=Springer|isbn=9789462650541|language=en}} It would not combine with the Ministry of Justice until 1978 when the country's constitution was amended. The office is responsible for prosecuting all offenses in the name of the Republic of Sierra Leone. The Solicitor General and the Director of Public Prosecutions are two sub-units of the Office of Attorney General and Ministry of Justice.
List of attorneys-general and ministers of justice (post-independence from the UK in 1961)
- Victor Bert Grant{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=67SGAAAAMAAJ|title=Caribbean Who, What, why|last=Smith|first=Lloyd Sydney|date=1969|publisher=L.S. Smith.|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42292/page/1620/data.pdf|title=THE LONDON GAZETTE - COLONIAL OFFICE|date=March 3, 1961}} (c. 1957–1961)
- Berthan Macaulay{{Cite web|url=http://ofnotemagazine.org/2014/04/30/neue-rootz-a-mythology-of-memory-photo-essay/|title=A Mythology of Memory — Photo Essay by Berette Macaulay {{!}} OF NOTE Magazine|website=ofnotemagazine.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-02}} (1963-1967) [{{em|1st indigenous male Attorney General}}]
- Abu Aiah Koroma (1967-1971)
- James Emmanuel Mahoney{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AF8naO7cdrIC|title=Sierra Leone Year Book|date=1972|publisher=Daily Mail Publication|language=en}} (1972) [Acting]
- Luseni Brewah{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435024020083;view=1up;seq=69|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1972Feb-June.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-02}} (1972-1975)
- Solomon Pratt{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112083091188;view=1up;seq=69|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1976:Jan.-Mar..|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://theorganiser.net/sierra-leone/1199-over-50-years-of-apc-stalwart-and-bedrock-of-the-party-laid-to-rest-in-freetown|title=Over 50 Years of APC Stalwart and Bedrock of the Party Laid to Rest in Freetown|last=Shaw|first=Abu|website=theorganiser.net|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-07-02}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4jAOAQAAMAAJ|title=West Africa|date=1977|publisher=Afrimedia International|language=en}} (1976-1977)
- Abu Kamara{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073049598;view=1up;seq=77|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Apr 1979.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-02}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fbdNyIbm1ckC|title=Encyclopedia of the Third World|last=Kurian|first=George Thomas|date=1982|publisher=Facts on File|isbn=9780871964960|language=en}} (1978-1982)
- Francis Minah{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c109412971;view=1up;seq=84|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Apr 1983.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-02}} (1983-1987)
- Abdulai Conteh (1987-1991)
- J. B. Dauda (1991-1992)
- Arnold Bishop-Gooding{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073049192;view=1up;seq=84|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Apr 1994.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-02}} (1993-1994)
- Claude Campbell{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435083447896;view=1up;seq=89|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1995Jan-Apr 1995.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-02}} (1995-1996)
- Solomon Berewa (1996-2002)
- Eke Ahmed Halloway{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015089082419;view=1up;seq=91|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. January 2003.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-02}}{{Cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200402230593.html|title=Sierra Leone: How Much I Agree With the CJ|last=Tarawallie|first=Sheka|date=2004-02-23|work=Concord Times (Freetown)|access-date=2018-07-02}} (2002-2004)
- Frederick Carew{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0ZyAAAAMAAJ|title=Africa Yearbook|last1=Mehler|first1=Andreas|last2=Melber|first2=Henning|last3=Walraven|first3=Klaas Van|date=2004|publisher=Brill|isbn=9789004144620|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ty0SBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1162|title=The Law Reports of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (2 vols.): Volume II: Prosecutor v. Norman, Fofana and Kondewa (The CDF Case)|last1=Jalloh|first1=Charles Chernor|last2=Meisenberg|first2=Simon|date=2014-03-17|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=9789004221642|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.standardtimespress.org/artman/publish/article_2743.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703021845/http://www.standardtimespress.org/artman/publish/article_2743.shtml|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 3, 2018|title=STANDARD TIMES PRESS SIERRA LEONE Attorney General to Represent Tejan Kabbah and Co at ECOWAS Court PAGE|website=www.standardtimespress.org|access-date=2018-07-02}} (2004-2006)
- Abdul Serry-Kamal{{Cite web|url=http://cocorioko.net/shocking-death-of-former-attorney-general-and-minister-of-justice-serry-kamal/|title=Shocking death of former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Serry Kamal – Cocorioko|website=cocorioko.net|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-02}} (2007-2010)
- Frank Kargbo{{Cite web|url=http://theorganiser.net/sierra-leone/19-minister-frank-kargbo-sacked-and-replaced-by-anti-corruption-boss|title=Minister Frank Kargbo Sacked and Replaced by Anti-Corruption Boss|last=Shaw|first=Abu|website=theorganiser.net|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-07-02}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-a7fOs19r9IC&pg=PA187|title=Africa Yearbook Volume 7: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2010|last1=Mehler|first1=Andreas|last2=Melber|first2=Henning|last3=Walraven|first3=Klaas|date=2011-10-06|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-9004205567|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://sierraexpressmedia.com/?p=17654|title=What A Strategic Cabinet Reshuffle? – Sierra Express Media|website=sierraexpressmedia.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-07-02}} (2010-2015)
- Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/joseph-fitzgerald-kamara-attorney-general-and-minister-of-justice-attends-memorial-for-flood-victims/|title=Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara – Attorney-General and Minister of Justice attends memorial for flood victims|date=2017-08-22|work=Sierra Leone Telegraph|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en-US}} (2016-2018)
- Charles Margai{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/sierra-leones-new-attorney-general-starts-work-today/|title=Sierra Leone's new Attorney General starts work today|date=2018-04-16|work=Sierra Leone Telegraph|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/the-sacking-of-sierra-leones-attorney-general-another-one-bites-the-dust/|title=The sacking of Sierra Leone's Attorney General – another one bites the dust|date=2018-06-15|work=Sierra Leone Telegraph|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en-US}} (2018)
- Priscilla Schwartz{{Cite web|url=http://lawofficers.gov.sl/attorney%20general.htm|title=Ministry of Justice and Attorney General:: Powered By C & E Solutions|website=lawofficers.gov.sl|language=EN|access-date=2018-07-02}} (2018-2020) [{{em|1st female}}]
- Anthony Yiehwoe Brewah (2020–present)
See also
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External links
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