Ambrose Patrick Genda
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Ambrose Patrick Genda (20 April 1927 – 2002) was a Sierra Leonean politician.
Biography
Genda was born 20 April 1927, in Gerihun. In March 1967, he led a coup d'état.[1] He was the state leader for three days as chairman of the National Reform Council before he had to hand over power to Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith.[2]
He then became ambassador to Liberia before going to the United Kingdom for a year as High Commissioner from 1968. He was the ambassador to the Soviet Union until 1970.[3]
He died in 2002.[4]
References
- ^ TIME. "Sierra Leone: End of the Exception". TIME. Archived from the original on 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2026-04-04.
- ^ Bundu, Abass (2001). Democracy by Force?: A Study of International Military Intervention in the Civil War in Sierra Leone from 1991-2000. Universal-Publishers. ISBN 978-1-58112-698-3.
- ^ Times, Special to The New York (1967-03-25). "New Sierra Leone Chief; Ambrose Patrick Genda". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-04-04.
- ^ "Political Leaders: Sierra Leone". zarate.eu. Retrieved 2026-04-04.