Vice President of Liberia
| Vice President of the Republic of Liberia |
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| Style | Mr. Vice President (Informal) His Excellency (Formal) |
| Term length | Six years |
| Inaugural holder | Nathaniel Brander |
| Formation | Constitution of Liberia July 26, 1847 |
| Website | http://www.emansion.gov.lr/ |
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The Vice President of the Republic of Liberia is the second-highest executive official in Liberia, and one of only two elected executive offices along with the President. The Vice President is elected on the same ticket with the president to a six-year term. In the event of the death, resignation or removal of the president, the Vice President ascends to the presidency, which he or she holds for the remainder of their predecessor's term. The Vice President also serves as the President of the Senate and may cast a vote in the event of a tie. The current Vice President is Joseph Boakai, serving under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. He began his term on January 16, 2006.
Qualifications
Article 52 of the Constitution lays out the qualifications for candidates for vice president. To be eligible for office under the current Constitution, a vice presidential candidate must:
- be a natural born citizen of Liberia;
- be at least thirty-five years old;
- own real property valued at least $25,000;
- have resided in Liberia for at least ten years.
Additionally, the vice president may not reside in the same county as the president.
Succession
Under Article 63(b), the Vice President ascends to the presidency in the event of president's death, resignation, impeachment, or when the president is declared incapable of carrying out the duties of the office. In the event of ascension, the Vice President serves as president for the remainder of his or her predecessor's term, though this period is not considered a term for the purposes of term limits to the presidency. According to Article 63(a), should the president-elect die or become otherwise incapacitated before his or her inauguration, the Vice President-elect is sworn in as president in their place, though a term of this nature does constitute a term for the purposes of determining term limits.
To date, five Vice Presidents have ascended to the presidency, either due to the president's death, resignation, or removal from office: James Skivring Smith, Alfred Francis Russell, William D. Coleman, William R. Tolbert, Jr., and Moses Blah.
There have been twelve vacancies in the office, the first of which occurred between October 26, 1871 and January 1, 1872; after the ascension of James Skivring Smith to the office of President. The most recent vacancy was between August 11, 2003 and January 16, 2006; after the ascension of Moses Blah to the office of President and prior to the election of Joseph Boakai.
Vice Presidents
- Parties
Nonpartisan Republican Party True Whig Party National Democratic Party National Patriotic Party Unity Party
| No. | Vice President (Birth–Death) |
Period of office | Party | Term (Election) |
President | Notes | |||
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| 1 |  |
Nathaniel Brander (1796–?) |
January 3, 1848 | January 7, 1850 | Independent | 1. (1847) |
Roberts | ||
| 2 | |
Anthony D. Williams (1799–1860) |
January 7, 1850 | January 2, 1854 | Independent | 2. (1849) |
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| 3. (1851) |
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| 3 |  |
Stephen Allen Benson (1816–1865) |
January 2, 1854 | January 7, 1856 | Independent | 4. (1853) |
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| 4 |  |
Beverly Page Yates (1811–1883) |
January 7, 1856 | January 2, 1860 | Independent | 5. (1855) |
Benson | ||
| 6. (1857) |
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| 5 |  |
Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815–1880) |
January 2, 1860 | January 4, 1864 | Independent | 7. (1859) |
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| 8. (1861) |
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| 6 |  |
James M. Priest (?–1883) |
January 4, 1864 | January 6, 1868 | Republican Party | 9. (1863) |
Warner | ||
| 10. (1865) |
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| 7 | |
Joseph Gibson (?–?) |
January 6, 1868 | January 3, 1870 | Republican Party | 11. (1867) |
Payne | ||
| 8 |  |
James Skivring Smith (1825–1884) |
January 3, 1870 | October 26, 1871 (Ascended) |
True Whig Party | 12. (1869) |
Roye | [note 1] | |
| Vacancy by ascension | October 26, 1871 | January 1, 1872 | Smith | ||||||
| 9 |  |
Anthony W. Gardiner (1820–1885) |
January 1, 1872 | January 3, 1876 | Republican Party | 13. (1871) |
Roberts | ||
| 14. (1873) |
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| 10 | |
Charles Harmon (1832–?) |
January 3, 1876 | January 7, 1878 | Republican Party | 15. (1875) |
Payne | [note 2] | |
| 11 |  |
Alfred Francis Russell (1817–1884) |
January 7, 1878 | January 20, 1883 (Ascended) |
True Whig Party | 16. (1877) |
Gardiner | [note 3] | |
| 17. (1879) |
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| 18. (1881) |
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| Vacancy by ascension | January 20, 1883 | January 7, 1884 | Russell | ||||||
| 12 | |
James Thompson (?–?) |
January 7, 1884 | January 4, 1892 | True Whig Party | 19. (1883) |
Johnson | ||
| 20. (1885) |
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| 21. (1887) |
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| 22. (1889) |
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| 13 |  |
William D. Coleman (1842–1908) |
January 4, 1892 | November 12, 1896 (Ascended) |
True Whig Party | 23. (1891) |
Cheeseman | [note 4] | |
| 24. (1893) |
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| 25. (1895) |
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| Vacancy by ascension | November 12, 1896 | January 3, 1898 | Coleman | ||||||
| 14 |  |
Joseph J. Ross (1842–1899) |
January 3, 1898 | 24 October 1899 (Died) |
True Whig Party | 26. (1897) |
[note 5] | ||
| 27. (1899) |
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| Vacancy by death | October 24, 1899 | January 6, 1902 | |||||||
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| 15 |  |
Joseph D. Summerville (1860–1905) |
January 6, 1902 | July 27, 1905 (Died) |
True Whig Party | 28. (1901) |
[note 6] | ||
| 29. (1903) |
A. Barclay | ||||||||
| Vacancy by death | July 27, 1905 | January 1, 1906 | |||||||
| 16 | |
James Jenkins Dossen (1866–1924) |
January 1, 1906 | January 1, 1912 | True Whig Party | 30. (1905) |
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| 31. (1907) |
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| 17 | |
Samuel George Harmon (?–?) |
January 1, 1912 | January 5, 1920 | True Whig Party | 32. (1911) |
Howard | ||
| 33. (1915) |
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| 18 | |
Samuel Alfred Ross (1870–1929) |
January 5, 1920 | January 1, 1924 | True Whig Party | 34. (1919) |
King | ||
| 19 | |
Henry Too Wesley (?–?) |
January 1, 1924 | January 2, 1928 | True Whig Party | 35. (1923) |
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| 20 | |
Allen Yancy (1881–1941) |
January 2, 1928 | December 3, 1930 (Resigned) |
True Whig Party | 36. (1927) |
[note 7] | ||
| Vacancy by resignation | December 3, 1930 | 1930 | E. Barclay | ||||||
| 21 | |
James Skivring Smith, Jr. (?–1950) |
1930 | January 3, 1944 | True Whig Party | ||||
| 37. (1931) |
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| 38. (1939) |
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| 22 | |
Clarence Lorenzo Simpson (1896–1969) |
January 3, 1944 | January 1, 1952 | True Whig Party | 39. (1943) |
Tubman | ||
| 23 |  |
William R. Tolbert, Jr. (1913–1980) |
January 1, 1952 | July 23, 1971 (Ascended) |
True Whig Party | 40. (1951) |
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| 41. (1955) |
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| 42. (1959) |
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| 43. (1963) |
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| 44. (1967) |
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| Vacancy by ascension | July 23, 1971 | April 1972 | 45. (1971) |
Tolbert | [note 8] | ||||
| 24 | |
James Edward Greene (1914–1977) |
April 1972 | July 22, 1977 (Died) |
True Whig Party | ||||
| 46. (1975) |
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| Vacancy by death | July 22, 1977 | October 31, 1977 | |||||||
| 25 | |
Bennie Dee Warner (1935–) |
October 31, 1977 | April 12, 1980 (Forced from office) |
True Whig Party | [note 9] | |||
| Vacancy due to coup d'etat | April 12, 1980 | January 6, 1986 | [note 10] | ||||||
| 26 | |
Harry Moniba (1937–2004) |
January 6, 1986 | September 9, 1990 (Forced from power) |
National Democratic Party | 47. (1985) |
Doe | ||
| Vacancy due to First Liberian Civil War | September 9, 1990 | August 2, 1997 | [note 11] | ||||||
| 27 | |
Enoch Dogolea (1951–2000) |
August 2, 1997 | June 24, 2000 (Died) |
National Patriotic Party | 48. (1997) |
Taylor | ||
| Vacancy by death | June 24, 2000 | July 24, 2000 | |||||||
| 28 | |
Moses Blah (1947–2013) |
July 24, 2000 | August 11, 2003 | National Patriotic Party | ||||
| Vacancy by ascension | August 11, 2003 | October 3, 2003 | Blah | ||||||
| Vacancy due to 2003 Accra Accord | October 3, 2003 | January 16, 2006 | [note 12] | ||||||
| 29 |  |
Joseph Boakai (1944–) |
January 16, 2006 | Incumbent | Unity Party | 49. (2005) |
Sirleaf | ||
| 50. (2011) |
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See also
Notes
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