Cletus Wotorson | |
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Member of the Senate of Liberia from Grand Kru County | |
Assumed office 13 January 2006 Servingwith Peter Sonpon Coleman | |
Preceded by | NTLA |
Liberian Minister of Lands and Mines | |
In office August 1978 –April 1980 | |
President | William R. Tolbert Jr. |
Preceded by | Aaron Holmes |
Succeeded by | Willie P. Nebo |
Personal details | |
Born | Cletus Segbe Wotorson 13 March 1937 Liberia |
Political party | Unity Party |
Other political affiliations | Liberian Action Party Alliance of Political Parties |
Alma mater | Wesleyan University |
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