The president of the Republic of Liberia is the head of state and government of Liberia. The president serves as the leader of the executive branch and as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Liberia.
William Richard Tolbert Jr. was a Liberian politician who served as the 20th president of Liberia from 1971 until 1980.
Albert Arnold Gore,Sr. was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as a U.S. Representative from the state's 4th congressional district from 1939 to 1953. He was the father of Al Gore,who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 until 2001,and held Tennessee's other U.S. Senate seat from 1985 to 1993. A native of Granville,Tennessee,Gore graduated from Middle Tennessee State Teachers College and taught school. From 1932 to 1936 he was superintendent of schools for Smith County. He attended the Nashville Y.M.C.A. Night Law School,now the Nashville School of Law,from which he graduated in 1936.
David Charles Waddington,Baron Waddington,was a British politician and barrister.
Francis Dana was an American Founding Father,lawyer,jurist,and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777–1778 and 1784. A signer of the Articles of Confederation,he was secretary to the diplomatic mission that negotiated the end of the American Revolution,and was appointed Minister to Russia. He later served as a member of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and served as the chief justice for 15 years.
Alfred Francis Russell was an Americo-Liberian missionary,planter,and politician who served as tenth president of Liberia from 1883 to 1884 after serving as vice-president under Anthony William Gardiner,whom he succeeded as president.
Joseph J. Ross was an Americo-Liberian politician and lawyer who served as the 14th vice president of Liberia from 1898 to 1899. He also served as Attorney General of Liberia under three separate administrations and was thrice elected to the Senate representing Sinoe County and serving as the president pro tempore of the Senate from 1892 to 1896.
Angie Elizabeth Brooks was a Liberian diplomat and jurist. She was the only African female President of the United Nations General Assembly. She was also the second woman from any nation to head the U.N. body.
Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh,Jr. is a Liberian politician and diplomat. He most recently served in the Liberian Government as National Security Advisor in the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf administration. Immediately previous to his appointment as National Security Advisor,he served as Advisor on International Affairs in the same government. He served as Foreign Minister from 1981 to 1983 under President Samuel Doe.
Clement Clay "Bo" Torbert Jr. was an American jurist. He was the twenty-fifth Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1977 through 1989.
The chief justice of Liberia is the head of the judicial branch of the Government of the Republic of Liberia and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Liberia.
Emmanuel N. Gbalazeh served as the 16th Chief Justice of Liberia from 1988 until the collapse of the Liberian government in September 1990. He had previously served as the Chief Justice of the People's Supreme Court under the People's Redemption Council from 1980 to 1986.
Count Edmund Francis Dunne,born Edmund Francis O'Dunne,was an American politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona Territory. During his early career he served in the California State Legislature and as a member of the Nevada constitutional convention. His later life was spent building the town of San Antonio,Florida.
Nathaniel Brander (1796–?) was an Americo-Liberian politician and jurist who served as the first vice president of Liberia from 1848 to 1850 under President Joseph Jenkins Roberts.
Frank Ray Keyser Sr. was an American politician,lawyer,and judge from Vermont. He was a lawyer in private practice and later a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. His son F. Ray Keyser Jr. served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and later as governor of Vermont.
Edison Reginald Townsend was a Liberian journalist and statesman known for the establishment of Liberia's Information Services. He served as Secretary of Information and Cultural Affairs under President William Tubman,and as Minister of State for Presidential Affairs under President William Tolbert. In 1979 he was elected National Chairman of the True Whig Party. Following the 1980 Liberian coup d'état of President Tolbert on April 12,1980,he and several other members of the Tolbert administration were put on trial and without due process executed by firing squad on April 22,1980.
Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh is a Liberian judge and politician who currently serves as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia. She was nominated on August 23,2022 to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia. She began to serve after the retirement of former Chief Justice Francis Korkpor on September 27,2022.
Clarence Lorenzo SimpsonJr. (1933-2016) was a Liberian jurist and politician. He served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,Attorney General,and Minister of Justice of Liberia serving under both President William Tubman and President William Tolbert.
Events in the year 2013 in Liberia.
Events in the year 2012 in Liberia.
