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22 January – Joseph Boakai is inaugurated President of Liberia, succeeding outgoing President George Weah, whom he defeated in the 2023 runoff election. [1]27 March – A court in France sentences the former leader of the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy Kunti Kamara to 30 years in prison on charges of committing "crimes against humanity."
The 2024 Liberian by-elections were held on April 23, 2024. The by-elections were the result of two vacancies: one in the Senate in Nimba County , the other in the House of Representatives , in Grand Gedeh County's 1st district .
The House is required to notify the National Elections Commission within 30 days of a vacancy due to a representative's death, resignation, incapacity, or expulsion. The NEC then carries out a by-election within 90 days of such notification to fill the vacancy. Representatives elected in a by-election are only elected to serve the remainder of ...
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Citizens of Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay or Venezuela may enlist in the Spanish Legion (except as submarine personnel) with temporary/permanent residence or acquired Spanish citizenship.
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.
(1935–2024) October 31, 1977: April 12, 1980 : 2 years, 164 days True Whig Party [note 9] Vacancy due to People's Redemption Council: April 12, 1980: January 6, 1986 [note 10] 26 Harry Moniba (1937–2004) January 6, 1986: September 9, 1990 (Deposed) 4 years, 246 days National Democratic Party: 1985: Doe: Vacancy due to First Liberian Civil War
May 28 – Emma Shannon Walser, first female circuit judge in Liberia (b. 1929) [12] [13] July 9 – Wesley Momo Johnson, Vice-Chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia (2003–2006), ambassador, and Olympian, in Montserrado County (b. 1944) [14] November 8 – Willis Forko, Liberian professional footballer (b. 1983) [15]