John Albert Musselman Karefa-Smart was a Sierra Leonean politician, medical doctor and university professor.
14 Facts About John Karefa-Smart
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John Karefa-Smart served as the first Foreign Minister under Sierra Leone's first Prime Minister, Sir Milton Margai.
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John Karefa-Smart was an ordained Elder of the United Methodist Church.
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John Karefa-Smart was one of Sir Milton Margai's closest political advisors and a close personal friend.
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From 1957 to 1964, John Karefa-Smart was a Member of Parliament of Sierra Leone from Tonkolili District.
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John Karefa-Smart ultimately left the SLPP and politics overall and moved abroad to continue his professional career.
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From 1965 to 1970, John Karefa-Smart served as Assistant Director-General to the World Health Organization.
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In 1996, John Karefa-Smart returned to Sierra Leone's politics as the founder of the newly formed United National People's Party.
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John Karefa-Smart stood as the UNPP candidate in the 1996 presidential election, but he was defeated in the second round election runoff by the SLPP candidate Ahmad Tejan Kabbah.
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John Karefa-Smart received his BA from Fourah Bay College in Freetown in 1936.
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John Karefa-Smart was a fellow or professor at many colleges and universities across the world, including Bunumbu Union Teachers Training College in Sierra Leone, University of Ibadan in Nigeria, and several American universities such as Xavier University of Louisiana, Columbia University, Harvard University, Boston University, Wellesley College, and Howard University.
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From 1957 to 1964, John Karefa-Smart was a member of parliament for Tonkolili District.
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John Karefa-Smart lost the 1996 and 2002 presidential elections to Ahmad Tejan Kabbah.
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John Karefa-Smart was living in the US state of Connecticut when he was given a month to live and admitted to a hospice.