On August 2nd, 1997, Charles G. Taylor was inaugurated as Liberia's 21st President after he won a landslide victory of 75.3% of the total votes in a special elections of proportional representation, held under the auspices, and sponsorship of ECOWAS on July 19, 1997.
The Special Elections was held as a result of a Peace Plan agreed upon by parties, and stakeholders in the Liberian civil crisis which was brokered in the Nigerian Capitol, Abuja in 1996 by ECOWAS after dozens of peace conferences aimed at finding a lasting solution yielded no earlier fruitful results.
The Plan gave birth to a novel electoral concept of "proportional representation" which highlighted what was referred to as "a level playing field" for all stakeholders, and political parties that were in contestation for the presidency and other elected offices.
In the finale, Charles Taylor of the NPP won by a landslide margin of 75.3% of the total votes; followed by Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of the UP who garnered 9.5%, and Alhaji Kromah of ALCOP with 4.3% amongst the 13 political parties that were in the race.
Below is the composition, and listings of who's who in President Taylor first government as constituted in 1997.
THE EXECUTIVE:
Charles G. Taylor - President
Enoch Dogolea - Vice President
THE LEGISLATURE:
Nyudeh Morkornmana - Speaker
Charles W. Brumskine - Senate ProTemp
G. Patrick Williams - Deputy Speaker
James R. Kaba - Chief Clerk
THE JUDICIARY:
Gloria Musue Scott - Chief Justice
Associate Justices:
1) Wilkins Wright
2) Karmo Soko Sackor
3) Elwood Jangaba
4) J. Boima Morris
CABINET:
1) Monie R. Captain - Minister of Foreign Affairs
2) T. Ernest Eastman - Minister of State for Presidential Affairs
3) Peter Bonner Jallah - Minister of Justice
4) J. Wesseh McClain - Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs
5) Dr. Lami Kawah - Minister of Transport
6) Daniel Chea - Minister of Defense
7) Dr. Bangale Fofana - Minister of Commerce
8) John T. Richardson - Minister of Public Works
9) Maxwell Kaba - Minister of Post and Telecommunications
10) Roosevelt Johnson - Minister of Rural Development
11) Edward K. Sackor - Minister of Internal Affairs
12) François Massaquoi - Minister of Youth and Sports
13)Augustine J. Zaizay - Minister of State Without Portfolio
14) Dr. Peter Coleman - Minister of Health & Social Welfare
15) Dr. Evelyn Kandakai - Minister of Education
16) Dr. Roland Massaquoi - Minister of Agriculture
17) Joe W. Mulbah - Minister of Information
18) Thomas Woewiyou - Minister of Labour
19) Philip Kamah - Minister of National Security
20) Elie Seleaby - Minister of Finance
21) Jenkins Dunbar - Minister of Lands Mines & Energy
PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SECRETARY:
Reginald Goodrige
BANKING INSTITUTIONS:
1) Charles Bright - Governor, National Bank of Liberia
2) Francis Dennis - President, LBDI
3) Eisenhower York - President, ACDB
4) Charles Sirleaf - President, NHSB
SECURITY INSTITUTIONS:
1) Joe B. Tate - Director, Liberia National Police
2) Martin O. N. George - Commissioner, Bureau of Immigration
3) Freddie Taylor - Director, National Security Agency
4) Benjamin Yeaten - Director, Special Security Service
5) Sumo Dangbuah - Director, National Fire Service
6) Prince C. Johnson, Sr. - Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL)
AUTONOMOUS AGENCIES:
1) Emmanuel O. Gardiner - Director, Bureau of the Budget
2) Hall Badio - Chairman, National Human Rights Commission
3) Alexander Kulue - Executive Director, LRRRC
4) Victoria Refell - Chairman, National Reconciliation & Reintegration Commission
5) Paul N. Guah - Chairman, Elections Commission
6) Christmas A. Lawrence - Director-General, Bureau of State Enterprises
7) Randolph Cooper - Executive Director, Liberia Libyan Holding Company
8) Dr. Nathaniel Richardson - President/CEO, Liberia Mining Company
9) Dr. Q. Somah Paygai, Sr. - Chairman, National Investment Commission
10) Paul E. Mulbah - Director General, GSA
11) Arthur S. Massaquoi - Director General, Liberia Broadcasting Service (LBS)
12) Jenkins Wongbay - Director General, Civil Service Agency
13) Nyan Mantein - Registrar General, Cooperative Development Agency
14) Benoni Urey - Commissioner, Bureau of Maritime Affairs
15) Dr. James Teah Tarpeh - Director General, Institute of Public Administration
16) Reliegh F. Seekie - Auditor General, Bureau of General Auditing
17) Elijah Combay - General Manager, Liberia Domestic Airport Agency
18) Joseph Borkia - General Manager, RIA
UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA:
Dr. Frederick Gbegbe - President
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Beauford Taylor - Chief Administrator
PUBLIC CORPORATIONS:
1) Kendrick Dunbar - Acting Director, MTA
2) Charles B. Roberts - Managing Director, Liberia Telecommunications Corporation
3) Roger Woodson - Managing Director, LWSC
4) Tejani Darrah - Managing Director, LPMC
5) Moses Pearson - Managing Director, National Insurance Company of Liberia
6) Lewis Brown - Managing Director, LPRC
7) Elsie Dossen Badio - Managing Director, NPA
8) Dr. Ben Roberts - Managing Director, NSSWC
9) Bob Taylor - Managing Director, FDA
10) Fasue Kelleh - Managing Director, Free Zone Authority
11) J. Nahn-John Suah - Managing Director, NHA
12) Samuel N. Burnette, Jr. - Managing Director, LEC
13) Arthur S. Massaquoi - Director General, LBS
CITY OF MONROVIA:
Maxwell Carter - Mayor
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS
1) Julius Parker - Montserrado
2) Gretchen Johnson - Bassa
3) Williametta Davis - Sinoe
4) Victor N. B. Walker - Maryland
5) Justine Kanneh - Cape Mount
6) James Zota - Nimba
7) John Taylor - Lofa
8) Fulton Dunbar - Bong
9) Ruth Milton - Grand Gedeh
10) Ernest Palmer - Margibi
11) Jasper M. Ben - Rivercess
12) A. B. Anderson - Bomi
13) Isaac Nyema - Grand Kru
WRITTEN BY: ARCHIE P WILLIAMS
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