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National Patriotic Front of Liberia – Central Revolutionary Council
LeadersSam Dokie
Tom Woewiyu
Dates of operation1994-1996
Active regionsLiberia
Size?
OpponentsLiberia ULIMO-K
Liberia ULIMO-J
Liberia NPFL (minor clashes)
Battles and warsthe Liberian Civil War
Preceded by
NPFL

The National Patriotic Front of Liberia-Central Revolutionary Council (NPFL-CRC) was a rebel group that participated in the First Liberian Civil War. The group emerged in mid-1994 and was a breakaway faction of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), which was led by Charles Taylor.

Prominent figures in the NPFL-CRC were Sam Dokie and Tom Woewiyu, a defense chief in Taylor's alternative government based in the Bong County town of Gbarnga. Both men cited strategic and ideological differences as the cause of their defection.

The NPFL-CRC did engage in small battles with the NPFL around Gbarnga and northern Liberia, but was not a major force in the conflict.