David Lansana

Brigadier

David Lansana
Brigadier; David Lansana
	David Lansana arriving for a visit in Israel; April 1965
Birth name	David Lansana
Born	March 22, 1922; Baiima, Mandu Chiefdom, Kailahun District, British Sierra Leone
Died	July 19, 1975 (aged 53); Pademba Road Prison, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Buried	Freetown, Sierra Leone
Allegiance	Sierra Leone
Years of service	1947–1972
Rank	Force Commander; Brigadier;
Commands held	First Battalion, Royal Sierra Leone Regiment; First Sierra Leone Contingent, Congo Operations of the United Nations Organization;
Spouse(s)	Komeh Gulama Lansana
Children	Sheku Lansana; Judy Rogers (née Lansana); Tala Lansana; Foday Lansana; Kornya Lansana;
Relations	PC Julius Gulama, father-in-law; Madame Lucy Gulama mother-in-law; Ella Koblo Gulama sister-in-law; Messie Gulama sister-in-law; Yebu Gulama sister-in-law;

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 Sierra Leone gained independence, he served as Military Attaché to the United States.

Lansana was one of the most distinguished officers in the history of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces. He was one of the first Sierra Leoneans to train at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Berkshire, United Kingdom.

Through his marriage to Komeh Gulama Lansana, the daughter of Paramount Chief Julius Gulama of Kaiyamba Chiefdom, Lansana was therefore a relative of Paramount Chief Ella Koblo Gulama and her husband Paramount Chief Bai Koblo Pathbana II, two of the nation's most influential politicians.

On 21 March 1967, Lansana staged Sierra Leone's first coup d'état. Lansana was charged with treason, tried and found guilty. He was executed on 19 July 1975.

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