Minister of Foreign Affairs (Liberia)
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Liberia is a cabinet minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liberia, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
Originally called the "Secretary of State", the position assumed its current name in 1972.[1]
The following is a list of officeholders since the founding of Liberia in 1848:[2]
No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Tenure |
---|---|---|---|
Secretaries of State (1848–1972) | |||
1 | Hilary Teague (1805–1853) |
1848–1850 | |
2 | John N. Lewis | 1850–1854 | |
3 | Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815–1880) |
1854–1856 | |
4 | James Skivring Smith (1825–1892) |
1856–1860 | |
5 | Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912) |
1860–1862 | |
6 | J. W. Blacklege | 1862–1864 | |
7 | James E. Moore | 1864–1871 | |
8 | Hilary R. W. Johnson (1837–1901) |
1871–1874 | |
9 | W. A. Johnson | 1874–1878 | |
(5) | Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912) |
1878–1888 | |
10 | William M. Davies | 1888–1890 | |
11 | Ernest J. Barclay | 1890–1892 | |
— | Arthur Barclay (1854–1938) Acting Secretary |
1892 | |
12 | Garretson W. Gibson (1832–1910) |
1892–1900 | |
13 | Walter van Dyke Gibson | 1900–1904 | |
14 | Hilary Wilmot Travis | 1904–1908 | |
15 | F. E. R. Johnson | 1908–1912 | |
16 | Charles D. B. King (1875–1961) |
1912–1920 | |
17 | Edwin Barclay (1882–1955) |
1920–1930 | |
18 | Louis Arthur Grimes (1883–1948) |
1930–1934 | |
19 | Clarence Lorenzo Simpson (1896–1969) |
1934–1943 | |
20 | Gabriel Lafayette Dennis (1896–1954) |
1944–1953 | |
21 | Momolu Dukuly (1903–1980) |
1954–1960 | |
22 | Joseph Rudolph Grimes (1923–2007) |
1960–1972 | |
Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1972–present) | |||
1 | Rocheforte Lafayette Weeks (1923–1986) |
1972–1973 | |
2 | Cecil Dennis (1931–1980) |
1973–1980 | |
3 | Gabriel Baccus Matthews (1948–2007) |
1980–1981 | |
4 | Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh (b. 1949) |
1981–1983 | |
5 | Ernest Eastman (1927–2011) |
1983–1986 | |
6 | John Bernard Blamo (b. 1935) |
1986–1987 | |
7 | Joseph Rudolph Johnson (b. 1938) |
1987–1990 | |
(3) | Gabriel Baccus Matthews (1948–2007) |
1990–1993 | |
8 | Momoly Sirleaf | 1993–1994 | |
9 | Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper (1930–2009) |
1994–1995 | |
(8) | Momoly Sirleaf | 1995–1996 | |
10 | Monie Captan (b. 1962) |
1996–2003 | |
11 | Lewis Brown (b. 1965) |
2003 | |
12 | Thomas Nimely (b. 1956) |
2003–2006 | |
13 | George Wallace (b. 1938) |
2006–2007 | |
14 | Olubanke King Akerele (b. 1946) |
2007–2010 | |
15 | Toga G. McIntosh (b. 1942?) |
2010–2012 | |
16 | Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan (b. 1970) |
2012–2015 | |
— | B. Elias Shoniyin Acting Minister |
2015–2016 | |
17 | Marjon Kamara (b. 1949) |
2016–2018 | |
18 | Gbehzohngar Milton Findley (b. 1960) |
2018–present |
See also
References
- ^ "Brief History of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs". mofa.gov.lr. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liberia. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ "Foreign ministers L–R". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 11 April 2017.