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Andrew Juxon-Smith
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| An illustration of Juxon-Smith produced by Voice of America |
| In office28 March 1967 – 18 April 1968 |
| Leslie William Leigh (as Chairman of the National Reformation Council) |
| John Amadu Bangura (as Chairman of the NIC and of the ACRM) |
| In office28 March 1967 – 18 April 1968 |
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| Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston |
| John Amadu Bangura |
| Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith(1931-11-30)November 30, 1931Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| 1996Stapleton, New York, U.S. |
| Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| Brigadier |
Brigadier Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith (30 November 1931 – 1996) was a Sierra Leonean politician and military officer of Creole descent. Between 27 March 1967 and 18 April 1968, he was Chairman of the National Reformation Council and acting Governor-General, equivalent to head of the Sierra Leonean state. He was additionally Minister of Finance of Sierra Leone. He and the Council were overthrown in April 1968 by a group of low-level military officials led by John Amadu Bangura that restored Sierra Leone to rule by parliament under Siaka Stevens. He later moved to the United States and died in Stapleton, New York.
Juxon-Smith's life is the subject of the short documentary A Forgotten Past, directed by Andreas Hadjipateras in 2018.
Juxon-Smith fought against tribalism during his rule. he implemented an austere IMF reform package and set up commissions of inquiry. He pursued economic policies of austerity and budgetary. He also raised taxes and import duties, closed down inefficient state plantations, fired the most venal politicians and turned the economy over to professional administrators. His policies brought considerable unemployment. He has declared war on corruption and promised to transform an economy brought to near-bankruptcy by Albert Margai's free-wheeling deficit spending. His short rule was seen as nepotist and also as authoritarian.
- History of Sierra Leone
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