2019 in Liberia

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Events in the year 2019 in Liberia.

Incumbents

• President: George Weah
• Vice President: Jewel Taylor
• Chief Justice: Francis S. Korkpor, Sr.

Events

• February 15 – Bong County Superintendent Esther Walker is suspended by President Weah.[1][2]
• February 18 – President Weah, on February 15, declared this day a national day of mourning due to the deaths of over 40 people in a mudslide at an illegal mining operation in Gbanipea in Nimba County.[3][4][5]
• May 20 – Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is appointed by World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Goodwill Ambassador for the health workforce.[6]
• June 7 – The Weah administration blocks a number of social media websites in response to anti-government protests against high inflation rates and corruption.[7][8]
• June 20
  • The National Peace Hut Women of Liberia win the 2019 United Nations Population Award.[9]
  • First Lady Clar Weah launches the 'She's You' movement.[10]
• July 26 – Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee serves as the national Independence Day orator.[11]
• July 29 – The Montserrado County senatorial by-election is conducted. Abraham Darius Dillon, backed by four opposition parties, defeats ruling party candidate Paulita C. C. Wie.[12]
• August 30 – President Weah and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a summit meeting.[13]
• September 18 – At least 27 people, mostly children, killed by a fire in an Islamic boarding school in Paynesville.[14][15]
• November 16 – Bucky Raw wins Artist of the Year at the 2019 MTN Liberia Music Awards.[16]

Deaths

• March 25 – Adolph Lawrence, Member of the House of Representatives (2012–2019), in motor accident (b. 1969)[17]
• July 4 – Christopher Minikon, ambassador and politician, in Rockville, Maryland, U. S. (b. 1933)[18]
• November 10 – Charles Brumskine, President Pro Tempore of the Senate (1997–1999), (b. 1951)[19]

References

1. Sieh, Rodney (September 19, 2019). "Liberia: County Supt. Suspended Over Leaked Audio Discussing 'Overthrow' of President". FrontPage Africa. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
2. "President Weah Suspends Bong County Superintendent". Executive Mansion of Liberia. February 15, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
3. "President Weah Declares Monday as National Day of Mourning". Executive Mansion of Liberia. February 15, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
4. "Liberia: President Weah Declares Monday as National Day of Mourning Over Nimba Mining Tragedy". FrontPage Africa. February 16, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
5. "Liberia mourns dozens killed in mudslide at alleged illegal mine". Mining. February 18, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
6. Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf appointed as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Health Workforce World Health Organization, press release of 20 May 2019.
7. Dahir, Abdi Latif (June 7, 2019). "Liberia blocks internet amidst anti-Weah protests". Africanews. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
8. "Liberia has blocked social media as protesters demand the return of missing millions". Quartz Africa. June 7, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
9. "Statement: Peace Hut Women of Liberia wins 2019 UN Population Award". UN Women. June 20, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
10. "First Lady Clar Weah Launches She's You Movement – New Republic Liberia". June 21, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
11. "Leymah Gbowee MA '07 honored as national orator for Liberia's 172nd Independence Day celebration". Eastern Mennonite University. July 26, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
12. Karmo, Henry (August 2, 2019). "Liberia: Opposition Dillon Declared Winner of Montserrado Senatorial Elections; Urey Leaps Ahead of Kamara in District 15. Race". FrontPage Africa. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
13. "Japan-Liberia Summit Meeting". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. August 30, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
14. "Fire in Liberia religious school kills dozens of children". Al Jazeera. September 18, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
15. Winsor, Morgan (September 19, 2019). "Boarding school fire kills at least 26 children, 1 teacher in Liberia, police say". ABC News. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
16. Alonge, Bolaji (November 19, 2019). "Liberia Music Awards 2019: All the winners". Music in Africa. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
17. Dodoo, Lennart (April 25, 2019). "Liberia: Adolph Lawrence Funeral Disrupted; Body Forcefully Taken from Capitol". Retrieved August 10, 2022.
18. Dunn, D. Elwood (July 12, 2019). "Liberia: Christopher T.m. Minikon, 1933-2019, a Tribute". AllAfrica. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
19. "CLLR. Charles Walker Brumskine Dies | Liberian Observer". Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2022.