Liberia

Liberia
William Tubman:
1943–1971                28 years                1949
Died in office 1971, age 76.
William Tolbert
1951–1971 vice president        20 years
1971–1980 president                9 years
Food riots; out by coup, and executed with his ministers.

Sergeant Samuel Doe:
1980–1989                9 years                1986
In by coup.
Out by coup and executed.

Charles Taylor:
1989–2003                14 years                1995
In by coup.
Ousted by UN embargos and the U.S. Marines.
Indicted by UN court for atrocities and genocide.
Flees into exile in Nigeria.
2006 Taylor is captured while fleeing Nigeria to avoid arrest. He was carrying two 110-pound sacks full of dollars and
euros.
2006 imprisoned in Sierra Leone war crimes tribunal, then transferred to UN tribunal in The Hague.

Aftermath: In 2004 a UN and World Bank study said $487 million in aid was now needed to stabilize the country,
including rehabilitationg thousands of child soldiers, and girls conscripted as sexual slaves. U.S. Secretary of State Colin
L. Powell pledges $200 million.

2006 Johnson-Sirleaf becomes Africa’s first democratically elected female president. She asked to have Taylor extradited
for trial.
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