Minister of Foreign Affairs (Liberia)

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Liberia
Coat of arms of Liberia.svg
Incumbent
Sara Beysolow
since 9 February 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Type Foreign minister
Member of The Cabinet
Seat Tubman Boulevard, Monrovia
Nominator The President
AppointerThe President
Term length No fixed term
Constituting instrument Liberian Constitution of 1847
Inaugural holder Hilary Teague
Formation1848
Deputy Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh
Website mofa.gov.lr

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is a cabinet minister of Liberia in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a government ministry responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.

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Originally called the "Secretary of State", the position assumed its current name in 1972. [1]

Between 1848 and 1981, every officeholder came from Montserrado County, Liberia's most populous county. [1] [2] The first individual to fill the post from outside of Montserrado was H. Boimah Fahnbulleh, Jr., who was originally from Grand Cape Mount County. [1]

List of officeholders

Source: [3]

Status
  Denotes acting officeholder
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
TenureTitle
1 No image.png Hilary Teague
(1802–1853)
1848–1850Secretary of State
2 No image.png John N. Lewis 1850–1854
3 Daniel Warner2.jpg Daniel Bashiel Warner
(1815–1880)
1854–1856
4 SkivringSmith.jpg James Skivring Smith
(1825–1892)
1856–1860
5 E. W. Blyden Johnston.png Edward Wilmot Blyden
(1832–1912)
1860–1862
6 No image.png J. W. Blacklege 1862–1864
7 No image.png James E. Moore 1864–1871
8 Hilary Johnson2.jpg Hilary R. W. Johnson
(1837–1901)
1871–1874
9 No image.png W. A. Johnson 1874–1878
(5) E. W. Blyden Johnston.png Edward Wilmot Blyden
(1832–1912)
1878–1888
10 No image.png William M. Davies 1888–1890
11 Ernest J. Barclay.png Ernest J. Barclay 1890–1892
Arthur Barclay.jpg Arthur Barclay
(1854–1938)
1892
12 Garretson Gibson2.jpg Garretson W. Gibson
(1832–1910)
1892–1900
13 No image.png Walter van Dyke Gibson 1900–1904
14 (1905) H.W. Travis.jpg Hilary Wilmot Travis 1904–1908
15 F. E. R. Johnson.png F. E. R. Johnson 1908–1912
16 C.B.D. King, delegate to peace conference, from Liberia, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front LCCN95512223 (cropped).jpg Charles D. B. King
(1875–1961)
1912–1920
17 Edwin Barclay 01.jpg Edwin Barclay
(1882–1955)
1920–1930
18 Louis Arthur Grimes.png Louis Arthur Grimes
(1883–1948)
1930–1934
19 Clarence Lorenzo Simpson Sr. (cropped 3x4).jpg Clarence Lorenzo Simpson
(1896–1969)
1934–1943
20 No image.png Gabriel Lafayette Dennis
(1896–1954)
1944–1953
21 Momolu Dukuly (cropped 3x4).jpg Momolu Dukuly
(1903–1980)
1954–1960
22 Joseph Rudolph Grimes (cropped 3x4).jpg Joseph Rudolph Grimes
(1923–2007)
1960–1972
23 No image.png Rocheforte Lafayette Weeks
(1923–1986)
1972–1973Minister of Foreign Affairs
24 Charles Cecil Dennis.JPG Cecil Dennis
(1931–1980)
[lower-alpha 1]
1973–1980
25 No image.png Gabriel Baccus Matthews
(1948–2007)
1980–1981
26 No image.png Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh
(born 1949)
1981–1983
27 No image.png Ernest Eastman
(1927–2011)
1983–1986
28 No image.png John Bernard Blamo
(born 1935)
1986–1987
29 No image.png Joseph Rudolph Johnson
(born 1938)
1987–1990
(25) No image.png Gabriel Baccus Matthews
(1948–2007)
1990–1993
30 No image.png Momoly Sirleaf 1993–1994
31 No image.png Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper
(1930–2009)
1994–1995
(30) No image.png Momoly Sirleaf 1995–1996
32 No image.png Monie Captan
(born 1962)
1996–2003
33 No image.png Lewis Brown
(born 1965)
2003
34 No image.png Thomas Nimely
(born 1956)
2003–2006
35 No image.png George Wallace
(born 1938)
2006–2007
36 Olubanke King Akerele 080627-F-1644L-202.jpg Olubanke King Akerele
(born 1946)
2007–2010
37 No image.png Toga G. McIntosh
(born 1942?)
2010–2012
38 No image.png Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan
(born 1970)
2012–2015
No image.png B. Elias Shoniyin 2015–2016
39 No image.png Marjon Kamara
(born 1949)
2016–2018
40 Gbehzohngar Milton Findley.jpg Gbehzohngar Milton Findley
(born 1960)
2018–2020
No image.png Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh
(born 1949)
2020
41 No image.png Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr.
(born 1965)
2020–2024
42 No image.png Sara Beysolow 2024–present

Notes

  1. Deposed in the 1980 Liberian coup d'état and executed afterwards.

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References

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  2. "2008 National Population and Housing Census: Preliminary Results" (PDF). Government of the Republic of Liberia. 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
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