Ministry of National Defense (Liberia) explained

Ministry of Defence of Liberia
Jurisdiction:Government of Liberia
Headquarters:Barclay Training Center, Monrovia
Minister1 Name:Major General Geraldine George (acting)
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Defense
Chief2 Name:Tibli Olandrus Dickson.[1] [2]
Chief2 Position:Deputy Minister for Administration

The Ministry of National Defense is the government ministry responsible for the maintenance of the national defense and the governance of the military of Liberia, the Armed Forces of Liberia.

History

An amendment to the Liberian Constitution allowed the previously named War Department to be renamed the Department of National Defense on February 25, 1955.[3] Then, during the early years of President William Tolbert's Administration after 1971, all departments were renamed Ministries and thus the organization became the Ministry of National Defense. Retired General Ziankahn remains the Minister of Defence.[4]

List of ministers[5]

Secretaries of War and the Navy (1848-1971)

Ministers of Defense (1971-present)

Building

The Ministry's three-story building used to be located on Benson Street in downtown Monrovia, but upon the conclusion of the DynCorp army training effort in Liberia, moved to the Barclay Training Center, also located in central Monrovia, in July 2009. In early August 2009 the Ministry's Comptroller was dismissed, apparently for misappropriating US$50,000 intended for paying soldiers of the rebuilt AFL.[15]

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mod.gov.lr/content.php. http://www.marshallcenter.org/mcpublicweb/en/component/content/article/4-cat-mc-news/653-art-mc-new-09-02.html, accessed 2018
  2. http://www.mod.gov.lr/content.php?/forum/viewtopic/id/375
  3. 'Looking at the LNG Brigade,' Armed Forces Day Brochure, 1973-74, Ministry of National Defense, via University of Liberia Library.
  4. http://www.mod.gov.lr/content.php?sub=Minister%27s%20Biography&related=The%20Minister Ministry, Front page
  5. Web site: About the MOD – Ministry of National Defense . 2022-12-27 . en.
  6. Book: Liberia . 1897 . American Colonization Society . en.
  7. Web site: Pathé . British . Liberia: Nation Celebrates 120 Years Of Independence . 2022-12-27 . www.britishpathe.com . en-GB.
  8. Web site: The original documents are located in Box 34, folder "State Dinners - 9/21/76 - Liberia" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library .
  9. Stephen Ellis, The Mask of Anarchy, Hurst & Co., London, 2001, p.118 or 255. Allison was charged and later convicted of ritual killing. Ellis cited Kappel and Korte, Human Rights Violations in Liberia 1980–90: A Documentation, Liberia Working Group, Bremen, 1990, pp.223-5
  10. Ministry of National Defense (Liberia), Armed Forces Today, Vol. 2, No.1, February 11, 2008, p.21-23. Note that this list is a composite of both the MND listing and Dunn, Beyan, and Burrowes. Dunn et al list Pearson and Karpeh which the MND does not.
  11. Web site: TLC Africa Internet Magazine . https://web.archive.org/web/20041103065608/http://www.tlcafrica.com/ntgl2.htm. usurped. November 3, 2004. www.tlcafrica.com . 2019-09-25.
  12. Web site: New Dawn . 23 January 2018 . Liberia: Weah Appoints Army Chief of Staff As Minister . 5 February 2022 . AllAfrica.
  13. Web site: RFI . 14 February 2024 . Liberia: les femmes de militaires obtiennent la démission du ministre de la Défense . 14 February 2024 . Radio France International.
  14. Web site: News Central Africa . 14 February 2024 . Liberia Appoints Brig. Gen. Geraldine George First Female Defence Minister . 14 February 2024 . News Central Africa.
  15. http://www.liberianobserver.com/node/453 Corruption at Ministry of Defense? (Comptroller Sacked for 'Eating' US$50,000 Soldiers' Pay)

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