Minister of Foreign Affairs (Liberia) explained

Post:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Body:the
Republic of Liberia
Insignia:Coat of arms of Liberia.svg
Insigniasize:150px
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of Liberia
Incumbent:Sara Beysolow
Incumbentsince:9 February 2024
Department:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Type:Foreign minister
Member Of:The Cabinet
Seat:Tubman Boulevard, Monrovia
Nominator:The President
Appointer:The President
Termlength:No fixed term
Constituting Instrument:Liberian Constitution of 1847
Inaugural:Hilary Teague
Formation:1848
Deputy:Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh

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]

Status
PortraitName
TenureTitle
1Hilary Teague
1848–1850Secretary of State
2John N. Lewis1850–1854
3Daniel Bashiel Warner
1854–1856
4James Skivring Smith
1856–1860
5Edward Wilmot Blyden
1860–1862
6J. W. Blacklege1862–1864
7James E. Moore1864–1871
8Hilary R. W. Johnson
1871–1874
9W. A. Johnson1874–1878
Edward Wilmot Blyden
1878–1888
10William M. Davies1888–1890
11Ernest J. Barclay1890–1892
Arthur Barclay
1892
12Garretson W. Gibson
1892–1900
13Walter van Dyke Gibson1900–1904
14Hilary Wilmot Travis1904–1908
15F. E. R. Johnson1908–1912
16Charles D. B. King
1912–1920
17Edwin Barclay
1920–1930
18Louis Arthur Grimes
1930–1934
19Clarence Lorenzo Simpson
1934–1943
20Gabriel Lafayette Dennis
1944–1953
21Momolu Dukuly
1954–1960
22Joseph Rudolph Grimes
1960–1972
23Rocheforte Lafayette Weeks
1972–1973Minister of Foreign Affairs
24Cecil Dennis

1973–1980
25Gabriel Baccus Matthews
1980–1981
26Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh
1981–1983
27Ernest Eastman
1983–1986
28John Bernard Blamo
1986–1987
29Joseph Rudolph Johnson
1987–1990
Gabriel Baccus Matthews
1990–1993
30Momoly Sirleaf1993–1994
31Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper
1994–1995
Momoly Sirleaf1995–1996
32Monie R. Captan
1996–2003
33Lewis Brown
2003
34Thomas Nimely
2003–2006
35George Wallace
2006–2007
36Olubanke King Akerele
2007–2010
37Toga G. McIntosh
2010–2012
38Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan
2012–2015
B. Elias Shoniyin2015–2016
39Marjon Kamara
2016–2018
40Gbehzohngar Milton Findley
2018–2020
Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh
2020
41Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr.
2020–2024
42Sara Beysolow2024–present

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brief History of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. mofa.gov.lr. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liberia. 21 May 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101106111656/http://www.mofa.gov.lr/content.php?sub=1&related=1&res=1&third=1. 6 November 2010.
  2. Web site: 2008 National Population and Housing Census: Preliminary Results. 2008. Government of the Republic of Liberia. 21 May 2012.
  3. Web site: Foreign ministers L–R. rulers.org. B. Schemmel. 11 April 2017.