Sam Sesay

In 1992 to 2000, he worked in the Planning Evaluation Monetary and Statistics division of the then Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. In April 2000 he moved over to the National Commission for Resettlement Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (NCRRR) as Programme Manager and Evaluation Unit, after which he became Director of that unit. In 2004, Sesay had two offers, one - to go as the Director of Planning at the Commonwealth, and two, to work as the Civil Affairs Officer with the UN in Liberia. He decided to work in Liberia and was in charge of the civil affairs unit responsible for the Forestry Development Authority.

In 1981, he moved to Russia, where he completed MSc. and PhD (candidate of Science) degrees at the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy in Moscow. Sesay has also undergone postgraduate studies at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, the Netherlands. He also completed a certificate programme at the World Bank.

Joseph Sam Sesay (born on April 26, 1959 in Kamasasa, Kambia District, British Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean politician who served as Minister of Agriculture under the All People Congress government of President Ernest Bai Koroma.

Joseph Sam Sesay was born in 1959 in the rural village of Kamasasa, Tonko Limba chiefdom, Kambia District in the Northern Province of British Sierra Leone to ethnic Limba parents. His father was a clergyman and his mother was a farmer. His father established the Wesleyan School and Church in Tonko Limba chiefdom.