Liberia

 

 

 

15 Dec 1821 - 15 Aug 1824 Cape Mesurado Colony founded

                          by the American Society for

                          Colonizing the Free People of

                          Colour in the US

15 Aug 1824 - 05 Apr 1839 Colony of Liberia

05 Apr 1839 - 26 Jul 1847 Commonwealth of Liberia

26 Jul 1847               Independence, Republic of Liberia

1989 - 1996               First Civil war

   Apr 1999 - 14 Oct 2003 Second Civil war

 

Presidents

26 Jul 1847 - 07 Jan 1856 Joseph Jenkins Roberts ........... 1809-1876

                          (1st Time)

07 Jan 1856 - 04 Jan 1864 Stephen Allen Benson

04 Jan 1864 - 06 Jan 1868 Daniel Bashiel Warner

06 Jan 1868 - 03 Jan 1870 James Spriggs Payne

                          (1st Time)

03 Jan 1870 - 26 Oct 1871 Edward James Roye

04 Nov      - 31 Dec 1871 James Skivring Smith

                          (acting)

01 Jan 1872 - 03 Jan 1876 Joseph Jenkins Roberts (2nd Time)

03 Jan 1876 - 07 Jan 1878 James Spriggs Payne (2nd Time)

07 Jan 1878 - 20 Jan 1883 Anthony William Gardiner

20 Jan 1883 - 07 Jan 1884 Alfred Francis Russell

07 Jan 1884 - 04 Jan 1892 Hilary Richard Wright Johnson

04 Jan 1892 - 12 Nov 1896 Joseph James Cheeseman

12 Nov 1896 - 11 Dec 1900 William David Coleman

11 Dec 1900 - 04 Jan 1904 Garretson Wilmot Gibson

04 Jan 1904 - 31 Dec 1911 Arthur Barclay

01 Jan 1912 - 05 Jan 1920 Daniel Edward Howard

05 Jan 1920 - 03 Dec 1930 Charles Dunbar Burgess King

03 Dec 1930 - 03 Jan 1944 Edwin James Barclay

03 Jan 1944 - 23 Jul 1971 William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman . 1895-1871

23 Jul 1971 - 12 Apr 1980 William Richard Tolbert ........... 1913-1980

12 Apr 1980 - 09 Sep 1990 Samuel Kanyon Doe ................. 1951-1990

                          (Head of the Redemption Council to 06 Jan 1986)

09 Sep      - 22 Nov 1990 Conflicting claims

22 Nov 1990 - 07 Mar 1994 Amos Claudius Sawyer

                          (Interim Government of National Unity)

07 Mar 1994 - 31 Aug 1995 David Donald Kpormakor ............ 1935-2010

                          (Chairmen of the Council of State)

01 Sep 1995 - 03 Sep 1996 Wilton Gbakolo Sengbe Sankawulo ... 1937-2009

                          (Chairmen of the Council of State)

03 Sep 1996 - 02 Aug 1997 Ruth Sando Fahnbulleh Perry

                          (acting)

02 Aug 1997 - 11 Aug 2003 Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor ... 1948-

11 Aug      - 14 Oct 2003 Moses Zeh Blah

14 Oct 2003 - 16 Jan 2006 Charles Gyude Bryant

                          (National Transitional Government)

16 Jan 2006 -             Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf ............. 1938-