Minister of Foreign Affairs (Liberia)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Liberia
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since 9 February 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
TypeForeign minister
Member ofThe Cabinet
SeatTubman Boulevard, Monrovia
NominatorThe president
AppointerThe president
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Liberia (1847)
Formation1848 (1848)
First holderHilary Teague
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The minister of foreign affairs is a cabinet minister of Liberia in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a government ministry responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.

Originally called the secretary of state, the position assumed its current name in 1972.[1]

Between 1848 and 1981, every officeholder came from Montserrado County, Liberia's most populous county.[1][2] The first individual to fill the post from outside of Montserrado was H. Boimah Fahnbulleh, Jr., who was originally from Grand Cape Mount County.[1]

List of officeholders

Source: [3][4]

Status
  Denotes acting officeholder
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Tenure Title
1 Hilary Teague
(1802–1853) 		1848–1850 Secretary of State
2 John N. Lewis 1850–1854
3 Daniel Bashiel Warner
(1815–1880) 		1854–1856
4 James Skivring Smith
(1825–1892) 		1856–1860
5 John N. Lewis 1860–1862
6 William Highland Lynch 1862–1864
7 Edward Wilmot Blyden
(1832–1912) 		1864–1865
8 Hilary R. W. Johnson
(1837–1901) 		1866–1867
9 John N. Lewis 1867–1869
10 William Andrew Johnson 1869–1870
11 John N. Lewis 1870–1871
12 Hilary R. W. Johnson
(1837–1901) 		1871–1874
13 James Elijah Moore 1874–1876
14 James Skivring Smith 1876–1877
15 John W. Blackledge 1877
16 Hilary R. W. Johnson
(1837–1901) 		1877–1878
17 Garretson W. Gibson
(1832–1910) 		1878–1884
18 Ernest J. Barclay 1884–1888
19 William McCall Davis 1888–1890
20 Ernest J. Barclay 1890–1892
— Arthur Barclay
(1854–1938) 		1892
21 Garretson W. Gibson
(1832–1910) 		1892–1900
22 Walter van Dyke Gibson 1900–1904
23 Hilary Wilmot Travis 1904–1908
24 F. E. R. Johnson 1908–1912
25 Charles D. B. King
(1875–1961) 		1912–1920
26 Edwin Barclay
(1882–1955) 		1920–1930
27 Louis Arthur Grimes
(1883–1948) 		1930–1934
28 Clarence Lorenzo Simpson
(1896–1969) 		1934–1943
29 Gabriel Lafayette Dennis
(1896–1954) 		1944–1953
30 Momolu Dukuly
(1903–1980) 		1954–1960
31 Joseph Rudolph Grimes
(1923–2007) 		1960–1972
32 Rocheforte Lafayette Weeks
(1923–1986) 		1972–1973 Minister of Foreign Affairs
33 Cecil Dennis
(1931–1980)
[a] 		1973–1980
34 Gabriel Baccus Matthews
(1948–2007) 		1980–1981
35 Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh
(born 1949) 		1981–1983
36 Ernest Eastman
(1927–2011) 		1983–1986
37 John Bernard Blamo
(born 1935) 		1986–1987
38 Joseph Rudolph Johnson
(born 1938) 		1987–1990
39 Gabriel Baccus Matthews
(1948–2007) 		1990–1994
40 Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper
(1930–2009) 		1994–1995
41 Momoly Sirleaf 1995–1996
42 Monie R. Captan
(born 1962) 		1996–2003
43 Lewis Brown
(born 1965) 		2003
44 Thomas Nimely
(born 1956) 		2003–2006
45 George Wallace
(born 1938) 		2006–2007
46 Olubanke King Akerele
(born 1946) 		2007–2010
— Sylvester Grigsby
(1950–2025) 		2010
47 Toga G. McIntosh
(born 1942?) 		2010–2012
48 Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan
(born 1970) 		2012–2015
— B. Elias Shoniyin 2015–2016
49 Marjon Kamara
(born 1949) 		2016–2018
50 Gbehzohngar Milton Findley
(born 1960) 		2018–2020
— Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh
(born 1949) 		2020
51 Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr.
(born 1965) 		2020–2024
52 Sara Beysolow Nyanti
(born 1968) 		2024–present

Notes

  1. ^ Deposed in the 1980 Liberian coup d'état and executed afterwards.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Brief History of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs". mofa.gov.lr. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liberia. Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  2. ^ "2008 National Population and Housing Census: Preliminary Results" (PDF). Government of the Republic of Liberia. 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  3. ^ "Foreign ministers L–R". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  4. ^ Dunn, Elwood D.; Beyan, Amos J.; Burrowes, Carl Patrick (2000). "Transitional Governments". Historical Dictionary of Liberia. Scarecrow Press. p. 295. ISBN 9781461659310.
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