| 词条 | Cyril Foray |
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|name=Cyril Patrick Foray |nationality=Sierra Leonean |image= |imagesize = 149px |image caption = |order=6th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone |term_start=1969 |term_end=1971 |monarch = Elizabeth II |predecessor= Luseni A.M. Brewah |successor= Solomon Athanasius James Pratt |birth_date= {{birth date|1934|3|16|df=y}} |birth_place=Rotifunk, Moyamba, British Sierra Leone |death_date= {{death date and age|2003|7|31|1934|3|16|df=y}} |death_place= Freetown, Sierra Leone |spouse= Arabella |party=All People's Congress (APC) |ethnic group= Mende |religion=Christianity (Roman Catholic) }} Professor Cyril Patrick Foray (16 March 1934 – 31 July 2003) was a Sierra Leonean educator, politician, diplomat and historian. Early lifeForay was a graduate of St. Edward's Secondary School.[1] He continued his education at Fourah Bay College (then affiliated with Durham University) and eventually moved on to Durham proper, where he was a member of St Cuthbert's Society.[2] Public serviceProfessor Foray was widely considered one of the most respected and accomplished men of his generation. He spent his life serving his country in a variety of roles. Cabinet MinisterForay was a member of the All People's Congress (APC) party of Sierra Leone. He served as a cabinet minister to Siaka Stevens.[3] Foreign MinisterForay was appointed Sierra Leone's Foreign Minister from 1969 to 1971.[4] After an alleged coup attempt by Foray's close friend Brigadier John Bangura, Stevens asked for his resignation. High Commissioner to the Court of St. JamesHe served as the Sierra Leone High Commissioner to the Court of St. James's in London under two governments: Valentine Strasser's short-lived NPRC military regime and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's.[4] Real Estate DebacleBy the time Foray arrived at his new post in London, years of corruption and the astronomical cost of the Sierra Leone Civil War depleted the financial resources of the government.[5] The office of the Sierra Leone High Commission were located at the exclusive address of 33 Portland Place in Mayfair.[5] However, when Foray took up residence at the 5-story mansion it had fallen into a state of hazardous disrepair.[5] More than one ceiling had caved in and the Sierra Leonean government was unable to cover the cost of restorations and even the most basic maintenance.[5] Because of the deteriorating state of the property, the landlord threatened to eviction. Before it came to this, Foray decided to downsize and downscale so that he could successfully run the high commission on the limited budget available to him.[5] The remaining 20 years on the lease were sold for £50 000 to Edward Davenport's property development firm Capricorn Investments.[5] Outraged by the paltry profit from the sale the Sierra Leonean government sued Capricorn Investments and accused Davenport of being a war profiteer.[6] Foray resigned from office on Friday, 28 April 2000.[5] The Sierra Leonean government proceeded to file a suit against him in 2000. However, the government lost both cases when it was proven that Capricorn Investments paid a fair price for the dilapidated 24-room mansion.[7] Professor Foray was cleared of any wrongdoing when the court determined that at the time of the sale the property at 33 Portland Place was in need of several million pounds worth of repairs.[7] ScholarForay was always passionate about education and teaching. He was appointed head of the history department at Fourah Bay College[3] and later became Chancellor.[4] HistorianForay is the author of several history books, including: An Outline of Fourah Bay College History (1827–1977) and The Road to the One-Party State: The Sierra Leone Experience[8] and Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone.[9] DeathOn 31 July 2003, Professor Foray suffered a massive heart attack and died in Freetown, Sierra Leone.[4] Further reading
References1. ^Sierra Leone Net News Archive {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103014548/http://www.sierra-leone.org/slnews0703.html |date=3 November 2007 }} of Freetown. He read history at Fourah Bay College. {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box|title=Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone|years=1969–1972|before=Luseni A.M. Brewah|after=Solomon Athanasius James Pratt}}{{succession box|title=High Commissioner to the Court of St. James's|years=1993–1994 and 1996|before=unknown|after=unknown}}{{succession box|title=Chancellor of Forah Bay College|years=1969–1972|before=unknown|after=unknown}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Foray, Cyril}}2. ^{{cite web |title=Foray, Prof. Cyril Patrick, (16 March 1934–31 July 2003), High Commissioner for Sierra Leone in the United Kingdom, 1993–95 and 1996–2000 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-16042?rskey=5KcHdL&result=75 |website=UK Who's Who |accessdate=4 October 2018 |language=en |}} 3. ^1 Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone by Christopher Fyfe 4. ^1 2 3 Sierra Leone Net News Archive {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103014548/http://www.sierra-leone.org/slnews0703.html |date=3 November 2007 }} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml;jsessionid=GYUIG0YU0NMXDQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?html=/archive/2000/05/03/nsier03.html High Commissioner quits after selling embassy for £50,000 by Christopher Lockwood, Telegraph.co.uk, 3 May 2000] 6. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml;jsessionid=GYUIG0YU0NMXDQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?html=/archive/2000/05/03/nsier03.html High Commissioner quits after selling embassy for £50,000] 7. ^1 [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/21/ndave21.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/10/21/ixhome.html News – Telegraph] 8. ^SERSAS 9. ^authorandbookinfo.com 8 : 1934 births|2003 deaths|Foreign Ministers of Sierra Leone|Alumni of St. Edward's Secondary School, Freetown|Alumni of St Cuthbert's Society, Durham|Sierra Leonean academics|All People's Congress politicians|High Commissioners of Sierra Leone to the United Kingdom |
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