Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor is a Liberian former politician and convicted war criminal who served as the 22nd president of Liberia from 2 August 1997 until his resignation on 11 August 2003 as a result of the Second Liberian Civil War and growing international pressure.
The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) was a rebel group in Liberia that was active from 1999 until the resignation of Charles Taylor ended the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. While the group formally dissolved after the war,the interpersonal linkages of the civil war era remain a key force in internal Liberian politics.
Montserrado County is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia containing its national capital,Monrovia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation,it has 17 sub political districts. As of the 2008 Census,it had a population of 1,118,241,making it the most populous county in Liberia. The area of the county measures 1,912.7 square kilometres (738.5 sq mi),the smallest in the country. Bensonville serves as the capital.
The First Liberian Civil War was the first in a series of two civil wars within the West African nation of Liberia. It lasted from 1989 to 1997. President Samuel Doe had established a regime in 1980 but totalitarianism and corruption led to unpopularity and the withdrawal of support from the United States by the late 1980s. The National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) led by Charles Taylor invaded Liberia from the Ivory Coast to overthrow Doe in December 1989 and gained control over most of the country within a year. Doe was captured and executed by the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL),a splinter faction of the NPFL led by Prince Johnson,in September 1990. The NPFL and INPFL fought each other for control of the capital city,Monrovia and against the Armed Forces of Liberia and pro-Doe United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy. Peace negotiations and foreign involvement led to a ceasefire in 1995 but fighting continued until a peace agreement between the main factions occurred in August 1996. Taylor was elected President of Liberia following the 1997 Liberian general election and entered office in August of the same year.
The Second Liberian Civil War was a civil war in the West African nation of Liberia that lasted from 1999 to 2003.
Bomi is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia. The county was established in 1984. The county's area is 746 square miles (1,900 km2).
General elections were held in Liberia on 19 July 1997 as part of the 1996 peace agreement ending the First Liberian Civil War. The presidency,as well as all seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate were up for election. Voter turnout was around 89%. Former rebel leader Charles Taylor and his National Patriotic Party (NPP) won the election with 75.3% of the vote,giving it about three-quarters of the legislative seats according to the proportional representation system. Taylor was inaugurated as president on 2 August 1997.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa.
Harry Varney Gboto-Nambi Sherman is a Liberian politician and the former chairman of the Unity Party.
The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia,and together with the Senate comprises the Legislature of Liberia. The number of seats is fixed by law at 73,with each county being apportioned a number of seats based on its percentage of the national population. House members represent single-member districts within the counties drawn up by the National Elections Commission and serve six-year terms. The House meets at the Capitol Building in Monrovia.
The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia,and together with the House of Representatives comprises the Legislature of Liberia. Each of the fifteen counties are equally represented by two senators,elected to serve staggered nine-year terms. The Senate meets at the Capitol Building in Monrovia.
Edwin Melvin Snowe,Jr. is a Liberian politician,serving as a Senator of the Liberian Senate for Bomi.
Adjutant Lahai Gbabye Lansanah is a Liberian politician and former military officer. Lansanah is a member of the National Democratic Party of Liberia. Lansanah was elected to the Senate of Liberia in the 2005 general election as Senior Senator from the Bomi County. He is one of two senators from the NDPL and was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Defense. 2008–2009 Lansanah served as Acting President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Liberia. By 2009,Senator John Ballout of Maryland became Chairman of the Defense Committee.
General elections were held in Liberia on 11 October 2011,with a second round of the presidential election on 8 November. The presidency,as well as all seats in the House of Representatives and half of the seats in the Senate,were up for election. The election was overseen by the National Elections Commission (NEC).
Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh is a Liberian judge and politician who currently serves as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia and was nominated on August 23,2022. She began to serve after the retirement of former chief justice Francis Korkpor on September 27,2022.
Events in the year 2020 in Liberia.
Emmanuel James Nuquay is a Liberian politician. He currently serves as a senator from Margibi County.
Hans M. Barchue was a Liberian politician.
