Dr. Salieu Mohammed Turay (born 10 April 1946) is the current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Russian Federation.

Salieu M. Turay
Ambassador of Sierra Leone to Russia
In office
May 2009 – September 2010
Preceded byMrs. Melrose Kai-Banya John Sahr Francis Yambasu
Succeeded byJohn Sahr Francis Yambasu
Personal details
Born (1946-04-10) April 10, 1946 (age 78)
Yele, Tonkolili District, British Sierra Leone
NationalitySierra Leonean, German
Political partyAll Peoples Congress (APC)
ProfessionMedical doctor

Education and early life

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He was born on the 10th of April, 1946 in Yele, Gbonkolenken Chiefdom, in Tonkolili District in the Northern Province of British Sierra Leone. Turay attended the S.D.A Primary School in Yele and then proceeded to the Government Secondary School for Boys in Magburaka, from where he graduated, acquiring the G.C.E "O-Levels" with 8 Credits, including the First Distinction 1 (one) in Biology in the History of the School. He got his A-Levels at the Prince of Wales School in Freetown in 1967. Turay then worked as a Junior Accounts Clerk at the Final Accounts Department of the Sierra Leone Ports Authority for a period of 6 months. From 1967 to 1969, he taught Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Rural Science at the St. Helena Secondary School in Freetown. To further his University Education, he moved to the USSR and attended the Schevshenko University in Kharkov, where he did One year of Russian Language Preparatory Faculty and later studied Medicine at the Lvov State Medical Institute, in 1974, he was transferred to the Philips University in Marburg, Germany, where he completed his Medical Studies and graduated with an M.D. (German equivalent).[1][2]

As the current Ambassador of Sierra Leone to Russia, presenting his credentials to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 29 May 2009.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "http://web2.cylex.de/firma-home/turay-salieu-m--dr-med--prakt--arzt-17244.html"
  2. ^ "http://www.sierra-leone.org/emailt-v.html"
  3. ^ Послы иностранных государств, вручившие верительные грамоты Президенту России (in Russian). Presidential Press and Information Office. 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
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