Brigadier David Lansana (22 March 1922 – 19 July 1975) was the first prominent Sierra Leonean in the Sierra Leone Military during the colonial era. After...
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Lansana is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Alpha Lansana (born 1980), Sierra Leonean international footballer David Lansana...
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Komeh Gulama Lansana was the wife of Brigadier David Lansana, Force Commander of the Sierra Leone Army until his execution in 1975. Lansana is the daughter...
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Leone coup d'état Siaka Stevens David Lansana Coup successful 23 March 1967 Second 1967 Sierra Leone coup d'état David Lansana Andrew Juxon-Smith Coup successful...
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Leone Armed Forces and former Sierra Leone's head of state Brigadier David Lansana; former Sierra Leone's vice president Albert Joe Demby; former Sierra...
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Stevens was ousted in a bloodless military coup led by Brigadier General David Lansana, the commander of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces. He was a close ally...
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(Military junta) Krio Christianity March 27, 1967 - April 18, 1968 David Lansana (Military junta) Mende Christianity March 23, 1967 - March 25, 1967...
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constitution, arresting Brigadier David Lansana, Commander of the Armed Forces. A few days previously, in a bloodless coup, Lansana had placed Siaka Stevens,...
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army, Brigadier General David Lansana, a close ally of Sir Albert Margai who had appointed Lansana to the position in 1964. Lansana placed Stevens under...
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of Ghana Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero – Nicaragua – 1973 Brigadier David Lansana – Force Commander Sierra Leone Army, acting Head of State of Sierra...
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constitutional referendum in 1978, and reinstated in 2018 with the appointment of David J. Francis as Chief Minister. Political parties Sierra Leone People's...
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led by Brigadier General David Lansana, an ethnic Mende and the commander of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces. Brigadier Lansana was a prominent supporter...
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office Political party Took office Left office Time in office Brigadier David Lansana (1922–1975) 23 March 1967 25 March 1967 2 days Military Commissioner...
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an hour after taking office during a military coup led by Brigadier David Lansana. After a brief period of military rule, Stevens reassumed the post of...
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placed on terminal leave. Brigadier David Lansana was appointed army commander of Sierra Leone in 1964. Brigadier Lansana took control of the army from British...
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State House in Freetown, when troops led by Sierra Leone Army General David Lansana arrested him and Boston. "If the army had not intervened," a historian...
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Margai, Prime minister (1964–1967) Siaka Stevens, Prime minister (1967) David Lansana, Prime minister (1967) Ambrose Patrick Genda, Prime minister (1967)...
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against the government of President France-Albert René. March 21, 1967: David Lansana overthrew Siaka Stevens. April 19, 1968: John Amadu Bangura overthrew...
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at Pademba Road Prisons prior to the March 1967 general elections by David Lansana under orders from Sir Albert Margai. He was, however, released in March...
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a 38-year rule. 1967 coups in Sierra Leone: On 21 March, Brigadier David Lansana led a bloodless military coup against Prime Minister Siaka Stevens,...
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Ref. 1 BlakieBrigadier R. D. Blakie 1962 1964 1–2 years 2 Lansana, DavidBrigadier David Lansana (1922–1975) 1964 1967 2–3 years 3 Juxon-Smith, AndrewBrigadier...
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Meetings. Momoh Gulama Lucy Gulama Ella Koblo Gulama Komeh Gulama Lansana David Lansana The life and Times of Honourable PC Madam Ella Koblo Gulama of Sierra...
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Governor-General Sir Henry Lightfoot Boston. Margai's friend and ally Brigadier David Lansana, who was the Commander of Sierra Leone's Armed Forces at the time, arrested...
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Johnny Paul Koroma Momodu Koroma Sorie Ibrahim Koroma Augustine Kortu David Lansana John Leigh (ambassador) Samuel Lewis (Sierra Leone) Henry Josiah Lightfoot...
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Paramount Chief Madam Ella Koblo Gulama and Komeh Gulama Lansana, the widow of Brigadier David Lansana, the late Commander of Sierra Leone's Armed Forces who...
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by Brigadier General David Lansana who demanded that tribal representatives be elected as well. The NRC eventually ousted Lansana and placed the government...
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Minister Siaka Probyn Stevens Vice PM Sorie Ibrahim Koroma Preceded by David Lansana Succeeded by C.O. Bright Deputy Commissioner Sierra Leone Police Force...
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in West Godavari district, Madras Province, British India (d. 2003) David Lansana, Sierra Leone military officer who attempted to overthrow the government...
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Leone. Gulama was accused of collaborating with her brother-in-law David Lansana in his coup d'état against Stevens. She placed under arrest and held...
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Koblo Pathbana II Ella Koblo Gulama Francis Obai Kabia Julius Gulama David Lansana http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/peo/peo_41385.aspx "A Conversation...
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