Rugie Barry

Rugie Barry
Member of the House of Representatives of Liberia
Incumbent
Assumed office 2024
Preceded by	Lawrence Morris
Constituency	Montserrado-1
Personal details
Political party	LP

Rugie Yatu Barry is a Liberian politician. She was elected as vice chairperson of the Liberty Party in 2015. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2023. She took over as chairperson of the Liberty Party in 2024.

Biography

Barry is of the Fula ethnicity.[1]

She was elected as vice chairperson of membership for the Liberty Party (LP) in the 2011 LP convention.[2] She unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives with the party in the 2011 general election.[3] She was elected LP vice chairperson of administration in the 2015 LP convention.[4] She again ran unsuccessfully for the House in the 2017 general election.[5] In 2018, she was elected to the LP national executive committee.[6] She was re-elected vice chairperson of administration in 2021.[7]

In the 2023 general election, Barry was elected on the Collaborating Political Parties ticket to the House to represent Montserrado County's 1st district.[8] In September 2024, chairman of the LP, Musa Bility, resigned. As vice chairperson, Barry automatically assumed the role of chairperson of the LP. She became leader during the party's reconciliation process, facilitated by the Joint Reconciliation Committee established by former chairman Bility and Political Leader Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence.[9]

References

1. Teh, Lewis S. (January 10, 2024). "Representative-elect alleges marginalization of Fulanis". The New Dawn Liberia. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
2. "Brumskine-Siakor TIcket Takes Lofa". The Analyst. AllAfrica. August 22, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
3. "National Tally Center Tally Report for the Presidential and Legislative Elections on 11 October 2011" (PDF). National Elections Commission. September 25, 2011. p. 33. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
4. "Brumskine-Liberia: Brumskine Re-Elected LP Political Leader". The Inquirer Newspaper. AllAfrica. June 29, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
5. "National Tally Center Final Results Report for the Presidential and Representative Elections on 10 October 2017" (PDF). National Elections Commission. October 19, 2017. p. 26. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
6. "Internal crisis rocks LP". The New Dawn Liberia. April 24, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
7. Lomax, Selma (January 23, 2021). "Liberia: Musa Bility Elected Chairman of Liberty Party". FrontPage Africa. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
8. "2023 House of REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION RESULTS". National Elections Commission. 2023. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
9. Greene, Claudius T., Jr. (September 26, 2024). "Rep. Rugie Barry Succeeds Bility as LP Chairperson". Liberian Observer. Retrieved October 7, 2024.