19 Notable alumni of
University of Liberia
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The University of Liberia is 2169th in the world, 52nd in Africa, and 1st in Liberia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from the University of Liberia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Samuel Doe
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Samuel Kanyon Doe was a Liberian politician and military officer who served as the 21st President of Liberia from 1986 to 1990. He ruled Liberia as Chairman of the People's Redemption Council (PRC) from 1980 to 1986 and then as president from 1986 to 1990.
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William Richard Tolbert
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William Richard Tolbert Jr. was a Liberian politician who served as the 20th president of Liberia from 1971 until his assassination in 1980.
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Jewel Taylor
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jewel Cianeh Taylor is a Liberian politician who served as the 30th vice president of Liberia from 2018 to 2024. She was married to convicted warlord and former president Charles Taylor from 1997 to 2006 and was first lady of Liberia during his presidency. In 2005, Jewel Taylor was elected to the Senate of Liberia for Bong County as a member of the National Patriotic Party. She was Chair of the Senate Health and Social Welfare Committee on Gender, Women and Children.
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Joseph Boakai
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Nyumah Boakai is a Liberian politician who has served as the 26th president of Liberia since 2024. He previously served as the 29th vice president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and as the minister of agriculture from 1983 to 1985. Boakai ran for president in 2017, losing the election to George Weah. He went on to defeat Weah in the 2023 election.
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Amos Sawyer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Amos Claudius Sawyer was a Liberian politician and academic who served as interim president of Liberia from 22 November 1990 to 7 March 1994. He was voted into office by 35 leaders representing seven political parties and eleven interest groups.
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Wilmot Collins
- Enrolled in the University of Liberia
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wilmot Collins is an American politician serving as the mayor of Helena, Montana. He defeated four-term incumbent mayor James E. Smith in the 2017 mayoral election on November 7, 2017, with 51% of the vote. This victory made him the first person of color to be elected the mayor of any city in the history of Montana since statehood was achieved in 1889.
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Arthur Barclay
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Arthur Barclay was the 15th president of Liberia from 1904 to 1912.
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Nathaniel Barnes
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Milton Nathaniel Barnes is a Liberian diplomat, politician and member of the Liberian Destiny Party (LDP). In early 2022, he announced his intention to run as an independent candidate in the 2023 Liberian presidential election.
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Joseph James Cheeseman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph James Cheeseman was the 12th president of Liberia. Born at Edina in Grand Bassa County, he was elected three times on the True Whig ticket. Cheeseman was educated at Liberia College (now University of Liberia).
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Francis Korkpor
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Francis S. Korkpor is a Liberian jurist and lawyer. He served as Chief Justice of Liberia from 2013 to 2022.
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Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh
- Born in
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Liberia - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh is a Liberian judge and politician who currently serves as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia and was nominated on August 23, 2022. She began to serve after the retirement of former chief justice Francis Korkpor on September 27, 2022.
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Willie Barrow
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Willie Beatrice Barrow was an American civil rights activist and minister. Barrow was the co-founder of Operation PUSH, which was named Operation Breadbasket at the time of its creation alongside Rev. Jesse Jackson. In 1984, Barrow became the first woman executive director of a civil rights organization, serving as Push's CEO. Barrow was the godmother of President Barack Obama.
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Olubanke King Akerele
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Olubanke King Akerele is a Liberian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf from October 2007 until her resignation on 3 November 2010. She is the granddaughter of Liberia's 17th president, Charles D. B. King.
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Johnnie Lewis
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Johnnie N. Lewis was a Liberian lawyer and politician who served as the 18th Chief Justice of Liberia from 2006 to 2012. Before his appointment to the Supreme Court, he served as a circuit judge in Liberia's judicial system.
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Louis Arthur Grimes
- Years
- 1883-1948 (aged 65)
- Occupations
- judgepoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Louis Arthur Grimes served as the 10th Chief Justice of Liberia. He was appointed Attorney General by President Charles D. B. King and served in this position from 1922 to 1932 when he was appointed Secretary of State by President Edwin Barclay. He served in this position from 1932 to 1933. Secretary Grimes was preceded by Edwin Barclay and replaced by Clarence Lorenzo Simpson.
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Gloria Musu-Scott
- Born in
- Liberia
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gloria Maya Musu-Scott is a former Liberian politician and jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1997 until 2003. She and three other family members were convicted of murder in 2023 in connection with the death of her niece. Following an appeal, her and her family members were acquitted by the Supreme Court.
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Joseph Rudolph Grimes
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
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Joseph Rudolph Grimes was a Liberian statesman. A trained lawyer, he served as Secretary of State from 1960 to 1972.
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Ernest Lyon
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Ernest A. Lyon was an African-American minister, educator and diplomat.
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Youngor Sevelee Telewoda
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Youngor Sevelee Telewoda is the Liberian ambassador to Germany, Austria, Japan with Co-Accreditation to Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and New Zealand from 2011 to 2017. From 2003 to 2010, Telewoda served as Liberia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium with concurrent accreditation to the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the European Union.
