List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Liberia is the presiding officer of the legislature. In the current house, the speaker is elected by the house for the term of the legislature, six years. [1] The Speaker may be removed from their position by a two-thirds majority. A Deputy Speaker is also elected, and, in the event of a vacancy in the speakership, serves as Speaker until the election of a replacement, which is to occur within sixty days. The Speaker is also responsible for appointing members to House Committees. This article lists the presiding officers of Liberia's lower house, which has been most often known as the House of Representatives.

List

This is an incomplete list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
James B. McGill 18481848 [2] [3] [ full citation needed ]
Daniel Bashiel Warner 18481849 [2]
Edward James Roye 18491850 [2]
Charles Henry 18501851 [2]
Beverly R. Wilson 18511853 [2]
Beverly V. R. James 1853? [2]
H. W. Erskine ?1855 [4]
James M. Moore 18551856 [2] [5]
Mathew A. Rand 18561857 - ? [2] [6]
Robert H. Marshall 18591860 [2]
Anthony William Gardner 18601861 [2]
Ezra W. Wright December 1861? [2]
Henry Wesley Dennis 18631864 - ? [2] [7]
Augustus Washington 18651869 [2]
William Spencer Anderson 18691871 [2]
D. F. Wilson 18711873 - ? [2] [8]
Nathan E. Dixon 18761877 [2]
William David Coleman 18771879 [9] [2]
C. R. Sim ?-18801881-? [10]
J.-N. Lewis ?-18851887-? [11] [12]
F. O. Thorne ?-18901892-? [13]
Z. J. Greene ?-18941894-? [14]
A. J. Woods ?? [2]
Dixon B. Brown ?? [2]
William Draper ?? [2]
Edward Lyles ?? [2]
Henry B. Whitfield ?? [2]
Daniel E. MacFarland ?? [2]
Alexander Glen Tubman ?? [2]
Robert B. Richardson 18951896 - ? [15]
J. C. Johnson 18971898 [2]
Robert H. Marshall ?1900 [16]
D. R. Worrell 19001901 [2]
James A. Toliver ? - 19031906 - ?
Samuel Alfred Ross 1907? [2]
J. J. Ellis ? - 19101910 - ? [2]
T. A. McCarthy ? - 19121912 - ? [17]
John Gottlieb A. Richards 19181919 [2]
Philip J. L. Brumskine 19191923 [2]
Stephen Allen Liberty ?-19251929 [2]
John N. Lewis 19291931 [2]
Clarence Lorenzo Simpson 19311934 [2]
Richard Wiles 19351936 [2]
Richard Wiles 19401940 [2]
Richard Wiles 19421945 [2]
Benjamin Green Freeman 19431951 [2]
Richard Abrom Henries, Sr.195212 April 1980 [18] [19] [2]

This is a list of speakers of the Interim National Assembly:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Nicholas Podier 19841984

This is a list of presidents of the Interim National Assembly:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Samuel Doe 26 July 19841985 [20]

This is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Samuel Dualu Hill 19861990 [21] [2]

This is a list of speakers of the Interim National Assembly (ILA):

NameTook OfficeLeft OfficeNotes
Bismarck Kuyon ? - 19921993 [22]

This is a list of speakers of the Transitional National Assembly (TLA):

NameTook OfficeLeft OfficeNotes
Morris Dukuly 11 March 1994February 1997 [23]
Lusinee Kamara 27 February 19971997

This is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia:

NameTook OfficeLeft OfficeNotes
Nyudueh Morkonmana 19972003 [2] [24]

This is a list of speakers of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly of Liberia (NTLA):

NameTook OfficeLeft OfficeNotes
George Dweh 20 October 200314 March 2005 [25]
George Koukou 17 March 2005January 2006 [25]

This is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia:

NameTook OfficeLeft OfficeNotes
Edwin Melvin Snowe 13 January 200618 January 2007 [26]
?18 January 200729 January 2007
Edwin Melvin Snowe 29 January 200715 February 2007 [27]
Alex J. Tyler 7 April 200727 September 2016 [28] [27] [29]
James Emmanuel Nuquay October 201615 January 2018 [27]
Bhofal Chambers 15 January 201815 January 2024 [30]
Johnathan K. Koffa 15 January 2024Incumbent [31]

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