John Oponjo Benjamin


John Oponjo Benjamin is a Sierra Leonean economist and politician of Mende descent. He was the leader of the main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party to 2013. He served as Sierra Leone's Minister of Finance from 2002 to 2007. During that period, Benjamin helped lead Sierra Leone through the Paris Club's 100% debt cancellation program. Benjamin was the chairman of the Council of State Secretaries in 1992.