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

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Foreign ministers L-R". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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