Prince Yormie Johnson is a Liberian politician and former warlord who has served as a senator for Nimba County since 2006. A former rebel leader,Johnson played a prominent role in the First Liberian Civil War.
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.
The True Whig Party (TWP),also known as the Liberian Whig Party (LWP),is the oldest political party in Liberia and Africa as a whole. Founded in 1869 by primarily darker-skinned Americo-Liberians in rural areas,its historic rival was the Republican Party. Following the decline of the latter,it dominated Liberian politics from 1878 until 1980. The nation was virtually governed as a one-party state under the TWP,although opposition parties were never outlawed.
General elections were held in Liberia on 11 October 2005,with a runoff election for the presidency held on 8 November. The presidency and all seats in the House of Representatives and Senate were up for election. The elections were the first held since 1997 and marked the end of the political transition following the second civil war,having been stipulated in the Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2003. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,former World Bank employee and Liberian finance minister,won the presidential contest and became the first democratically elected female African head of state in January 2006.
The Liberian People's Party (LPP) is a political party in Liberia.
The Unity Party (UP) is a political party in Liberia that was started in 1984 by Edward B. Kesselly,also its first standard bearer. Officially founded in Buchanan,Grand Bassa County,the party was established on 27 July 1985. The Unity Party participated in the first elections after the 1980 coup,running against President Samuel Doe in October 1985. The party has remained active in Liberian politics since and is the current ruling party following the 2023 Liberian general election.
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.
The Liberia Destiny Party (LDP) was a political party in Liberia.
Togba-Nah Tipoteh is an economist,educator and politician,having been a presidential candidate in three elections. For more than three decades,he has been actively involved with democratic activities in promotion of human rights,liberties,constitutional rule and growth with development in Liberia and throughout Africa. He is President of the Movement for Justice in Africa (MOJA);was founding Chairman of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP),an alliance of Liberian political parties;was founder and Director-General of Susukuu Incorporated,Liberia's oldest non-governmental development organization,which was credited by the West Africa Peacekeeping Force (ECOMOG) as helping to disarm over 10,000 combatants and child soldiers in Liberia during the 1997 disarmament program through a school for gun program;and was former chairman of the Interest Groups of Liberia,a consortium of 32 national organizations with a collective membership of well over one million persons.
Joseph Nyumah Boakai is a Liberian politician who is the 26th and current president of Liberia. He previously served as the 29th vice president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018,under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and as the minister of agriculture from 1983 to 1985. Boakai ran for president in 2017,losing the election to George Weah. He went on to defeat Weah in the 2023 election.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a cabinet ministry of Liberia responsible for directing Liberia's external relations and the management of its international diplomatic missions. The ministry is located in Monrovia,Liberia's capital.
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).
The National Union for Democratic Progress (NUDP) was a political party in Liberia.
Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan served from 2012 to 2015 as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia,in the administration of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Ngafuan was Minister of Finance for Liberia during Johnson-Sirleaf's first term,and was then appointed to his post at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 17,2012. He took office on February 10,2012,succeeding Toga McIntosh.
Events in the year 2018 in Liberia.
Gbehzohngar Milton Findley is a Liberian politician and businessman. He is a former President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate and also the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the administration of President Weah until 28 July 2020.
Charles A. Minor is a former Liberian ambassador to the United States.
General elections were held in Liberia on 10 October 2023 to elect the President,House of Representatives and half of the Senate. Incumbent president George Weah was eligible for a second term. No candidate won a majority in the first round,with Weah narrowly placing first over opposition leader Joseph Boakai,which meant both advanced to a runoff held on 14 November 2023. Boakai defeated Weah by just over one percentage point in the closest runoff in Liberia's history,and Weah conceded the election peacefully.
Events in the year 2016 in Liberia.
Events in the year 2013 in Liberia.
