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22 January – Joseph Boakai is inaugurated President of Liberia, succeeding outgoing President George Weah, whom he defeated in the 2023 runoff election. [1]27 March – A court in France sentences the former leader of the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy Kunti Kamara to 30 years in prison on charges of committing "crimes against humanity."
26 June – Florence Chenoweth, former minister of agriculture, in Monrovia (b. 1945) [9] 18 July – Hans Barchue, member of the Liberian House of Representatives, in Monrovia [10]
Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office Monday after his narrow win in a November election. Boakai, who at age 79 has become the country's oldest president, promised to ...
Liberia has an established history of civil violence following contested elections, particularly the 1985 Liberian coup d'état attempt which was the root cause of the First Liberian Civil War. This election is also notable as it is the first election without United Nations observers since the Second Liberian Civil War . [ 11 ]
May 28 – Emma Shannon Walser, first female circuit judge in Liberia (b. 1929) [12] [13] July 9 – Wesley Momo Johnson, Vice-Chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia (2003–2006), ambassador, and Olympian, in Montserrado County (b. 1944) [14] November 8 – Willis Forko, Liberian professional footballer (b. 1983) [15]
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Liberia and Israel established ties in 1957 with the accreditation of Israeli ambassador Ehud Avriel. [141] Liberia severed ties with Israel over the Yom Kippur War in 1973. [142] Relations are re-established in 1983. [143] On 8 June 2022, Liberia announced its plans to open a trade office in Jerusalem, which is to become an embassy. [143] Italy
He returned to Liberia in 1989 as the head of a Libyan-backed rebel group, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia, to overthrow the Doe government, initiating the First Liberian Civil War (1989–1996). Following Doe's execution, Taylor gained control of a large portion of the country and became one of the most prominent warlords in Africa. [3]