1981 in Liberia

none 1981 Events in the year 1981 in Liberia. Incumbents Chairman of the People's Redemption Council: Samuel Doe Co-Chairman of the People's Redemption Council Thomas Weh Syen (until August 14)August 14, 1981 Liberians execute 5 for coup plot 7 The Parsons Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113702122/liberians-execute-5-for-coup-plot/ Newspapers.com November 27, 2022 Nicholas Podier (after August 14)1981 Annual Report of the Ministry of National Defense to the Co-Chairman and Members of the People's Redemption Council https://books.google.com/books?id=LkjCETsM8QsC English 53 Chief Justice: Emmanuel Gbalazeh Events thumb|U. S. Ambassador William L. Swing presenting credentials to Chairman Samuel Doe April 12 The first National Redemption Day is celebrated, with Foreign Minister Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh giving a speech celebrating the anniversary of the 1980 coup.Hogan Edmund 2021 Liberia's First Civil War https://books.google.com/books?id=MKhMEAAAQBAJ English Taylor & Francis The National Constitution Drafting Commission is formed, chaired by Amos Sawyer, with the goal of producing a new constitution.Dunn Elwood D. Beyan Amos J. Burrowes Carl Patrick 2000 Historical Dictionary of Liberia https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC English 9781461659310 241 Scarecrow Press August 11 – United States Ambassador to Liberia William L. Swing presents his credentials to Chairman Doe.https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/swing-william-lacy Department History - William Lacy Swing (1934–) Office of the Historian November 27, 2022 August 14 – Thomas Weh Syen and four other members of the People's Redemption Council are executed by firing squad for an attempted coup. Full date unknown September – Chea Cheapoo is relieved of his position as Minister of Justice.Dunn Elwood D. Beyan Amos J. Burrowes Carl Patrick 2000 Historical Dictionary of Liberia https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC English 9781461659310 66 Scarecrow Press The Daily Observer begins publication.Dunn Elwood D. Beyan Amos J. Burrowes Carl Patrick 2000 Historical Dictionary of Liberia https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC English 9781461659310 249 Scarecrow Press Liberia expels its Libyan diplomats.Dunn Elwood D. Beyan Amos J. Burrowes Carl Patrick 2000 Historical Dictionary of Liberia https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC English 9781461659310 232 Scarecrow Press Liberia's first ambassador to the People's Republic of China, John Daniel Cox, retires.Dunn Elwood D. Beyan Amos J. Burrowes Carl Patrick 2000 Historical Dictionary of Liberia https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC English 9781461659310 92 Scarecrow Press Births February 3 – Raj Panjabi, American physician and government official, in Monroviahttps://thelogicalindian.com/videos/raj-panjabi/ No One Should Die Because They Live Too Far From A Doctor The Logical Indian 5 June 2017 23 January 2023 December 6 – Kimmie Weeks, human rights activisthttp://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=675&lang=en https://web.archive.org/web/20120219061113/http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=675&lang=en Biography of Kimmie WEEKS African Success 19 February 2012 23 January 2023 Deaths August 14 – Thomas Weh Syen, Co-Chairman of the People's Redemption Council, executed by firing squad References 1981 Category:1980s in Liberia Category:Years of the 20th century in Liberia Liberia Liberia