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Foday Sankoh

1937 - 2003

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Foday Saybana Sankoh (17 October 1937 – 29 July 2003) was a Sierra Leonean rebel leader who was the founder and commander of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group, which was supported by the Charles Taylor-led NPFL in the 11-year-long Sierra Leone Civil War, starting in 1991 and ending in 2002. An estimated 50,000 people were killed during the war, and over 500,000 people were displaced into neighboring countries. The Sierra Leone Civil War officially began on March 23, 1991, when a rebel group known as the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), led by Foday Sankoh, launched an armed rebellion against the government of Sierra Leone. The RUF, with the backing of Charles Taylor, a warlord from neighboring Liberia (and later Liberia’s president), initiated their campaign by attacking towns and villages in the Kailahun District, located in the mineral-rich Eastern Province of the country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Foday Sankoh is the 9,637th most popular politician (down from 8,881st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Sierra Leone and the 3rd most popular Sierra Leonean Politician.

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Among politicians, Foday Sankoh ranks 9,637 out of 19,576. Before him are Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi, Mikhail Loris-Melikov, Ahmad al-Muqtadir, Burna-Buriash II, Michel Théato, and Princess Maria Christina of Saxony. After him are Prince Munetaka, Mohammad Beheshti, Mangas Coloradas, Tevfik Esenç, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, and Marián Čalfa.

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Among people born in 1937, Foday Sankoh ranks 171. Before him are Gundula Janowitz, Marie Dubois, Carlos Westendorp, Yuri Manin, María Kodama, and Viktor Ponedelnik. After him are Archie Shepp, Harris Yulin, Barbara Jones, Mikheil Meskhi, Manga, and Paolo Bonacelli. Among people deceased in 2003, Foday Sankoh ranks 113. Before him are Qusay Hussein, Daishiro Yoshimura, Vasil Bykaŭ, Fred Rogers, Mohammed Dib, and Bernard Williams. After him are Karel Kosík, Martha Chase, Constantin Dăscălescu, Lothar Emmerich, Johanna Budwig, and Rachel Kempson.

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In Sierra Leone

Among people born in Sierra Leone, Foday Sankoh ranks 3 out of 22. Before him are Nabih Berri (1938), and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932). After him are Siaka Stevens (1905), Ernest Bai Koroma (1953), Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937), Milton Margai (1895), Trevoh Chalobah (1999), Mohamed Kallon (1979), Johnny Paul Koroma (1960), Fatima Massaquoi (1912), and Valentine Strasser (1967).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sierra Leone

Among politicians born in Sierra Leone, Foday Sankoh ranks 3. Before him are Nabih Berri (1938), and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932). After him are Siaka Stevens (1905), Ernest Bai Koroma (1953), Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937), Milton Margai (1895), Johnny Paul Koroma (1960), Valentine Strasser (1967), and Zainab Bangura (1959).

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