Alfred Kollie Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Hon.
Alfred B. Kollie, Jr.
Office:	Minister of Post and Telecommunications
Term Start:	September 1995
Term End:	August 1997
Death Date:	2001
Death Place:	Maryland, United States
Birth Cate:	1951

Alfred Bonogua Kollie, Jr. (1951–2020) was a Liberian politician. Kollie was born November 2, 1951.^[1] He hailed from Lofa County.^[2]

As of the 1980s, he served as Assistant Minister at the Ministry for Public Works.^{[3] [4]} During a period of the Interim Government of National Unity in the early 1990s Kollie served as Acting Minister for Public Works.^[5]

During the First Liberian Civil War Kollie became co-chair of the Liberian Peace Council (LPC).^[2] After the Abuja I Accord Kollie was named Minister of Post and Telecommunications in the Liberian National Transitional Government, a role he held between September 1995 and August 1997.^{[6] [7]}

Kollie died on March 5, 2020, at the MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Maryland, United States.^[1]

Notes and References

1. TLC Africa. Hon. Alfred Bonogua Kollie, Jr.
2. Book: Thomas Jaye . 2003 . Issues of Sovereignty, Strategy, and Security in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Intervention in the Liberian Civil War . E. Mellen Press . 188 . 978-0-7734-6806-1 .
3. Book: 1992 . The Road Maintenance Initiative: Report on the policy seminars . World Bank Publications . 61 . 978-0-8213-1859-1 .
4. Annual Report - Dept. of Public Works and Utilities. 1984. p. 54
5. Annual Report of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, R.L.. Ministry of Foreign Affairs., 1992. p. 49
6. Ichiro Mashima. リベリア内戦史資料（1989～1997)
7. International Telecommunication Union. ITU Newsletter 10/95