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The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia, and together with the House of Representatives comprises the Legislature of Liberia. Each of the fifteen counties are equally represented by two senators, elected to serve staggered nine-year terms. The Senate meets at the Capitol Building in Monrovia.
The legislature of Liberia was modeled based on the United States Congress.It is bicameral in nature with a Senate and the House of Representatives.There are 15 counties in the country and based on the population, each county is defined to have at least two members, while the total number of members to the house including the Speaker of the House being 73.
Senator Elected Year [a] Party [b] Notes Joyce Musu Freeman 2005: CDC: Ran as an independent for re-election in 2014. [1] [2]Hannah G. Brent 2005: CDC: Died in office in 2009.
Article 28: Amend the constitutional rights of citizenship. Citizenship is granted automatically if both parents were Liberian citizens at the time of their birth; the amendments proposed require only one parent to be a Liberian citizen, remove the ability of the government to legislate to remove citizenship of natural born citizens and prohibit citizens with dual citizenship from holding ...
The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia, and together with the Senate comprises the Legislature of Liberia.The number of seats is fixed by law at 73, with each county being apportioned a number of seats based on its percentage of the national population.
The Liberian Aliens and Nationality Law 1973 is in conflict with the 1986 Constitution. [11] For example, the constitution does not contain provisions for birth on Liberian soil and requires descent from a Liberian, but the nationality statute provides for children who are born in the territory whose parents do not have diplomatic immunity. [12]
Bomi County elects two senators to the Senate of Liberia. It is currently represented by Edwin Snowe and Alex J. Tyler. List of senators
Nyonblee Karnga was born on 2 July 1968 [1] and raised in Grand Bassa County, Liberia, [2] growing up during the civil wars. [3] Her father, Abba G. Karnga, was the presiding bishop of the World Wide Mission of Liberia and her mother was an educator and gospel singer. [2] [4] She has 12 siblings. [5]