John Nelson-Williams
Hon. John Nelson-Williams | |
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Hon. John Nelson-Williams (seated third from left) in 1961 | |
| Born | John Arnold Nelson-Williams 15 September 1932 Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Died | 13 June 2008 (aged 75) Freetown, Sierra Leone |
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| Nationality | British Subject, Sierra Leonean |
| Education | Methodist Boys High School |
| Relatives | Dr Claude Nelson-Williams (brother), General Alfred Nelson-Williams (paternal cousin), James Blyden Jenkins-Johnston (maternal cousin), Justice Claudia Taylor (paternal cousin). |
John Arnold Nelson-Williams (15 September 1932 – 13 June 2008) was a Sierra Leonean politician and Member of Parliament who was active in the politics of Sierra Leone in the 1960s.
John Nelson-Williams served as the first Minister of Broadcasting and Communication in the first postcolonial cabinet of Sierra Leone between 1961 and 1967.
As the first Minister of Broadcasting and Communication, he promoted mass media across Sierra Leone through radio and television. He was well-known in Sierra Leone for heavily introducing and promoting television broadcasting and the use of Philips transistor radios across the country.