2012 in Liberia

none December 2022 2012 Events in the year 2012 in Liberia. Incumbents President: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Vice President: Joseph Boakai Chief Justice: Johnnie Lewis (until September 10),Butty James September 7, 2012 Citing Poor Health, Liberia's Chief Justice Steps Down Voice of America https://www.voanews.com/africa/citing-poor-health-liberias-chief-justice-steps-down dead July 18, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013148/http://www.voanews.com/content/liberia-chief-justice-retires-for-health-reasons/1503428.html March 5, 2016 then Francis S. Korkpor, Sr. (as Chief Justice Ad Interim)https://emansion.gov.lr/2press.php?news_id=2568&related=7&pg=sp President Sirleaf Nominates Associate Justice Francis S. Korkpor as Chief Justice, Cllr. Sie-A-Yeaneh Youh as Associate Justice, of Supreme Court of Liberia Executive Mansion of Liberia April 14, 2013 July 18, 2022 Events January 16 – President Sirleaf takes her second oath of office after being re-elected in 2011.https://www.news24.com/news24/liberias-sirleaf-takes-presidential-oath-20120116 Liberia's Sirleaf takes presidential oath News24 January 16, 2012 July 18, 2022 March 30 – Former warlord George Boley is deported from the United States back to Liberia.https://buffalonews.com/news/war-crimes-suspect-deported-to-liberia-boley-as-rebel-leader-recruited-child-soldiers/article_44374dd0-2c89-56e5-8abe-e98b989d2a82.html War crimes suspect deported to Liberia Boley as rebel leader recruited child soldiers The Buffalo News March 31, 2012 July 18, 2022 April 26 – Former President Charles Taylor is found guilty on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Sierra Leone Civil War.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17864387 BBC Taylor Sierra Leone war crimes verdiact welcomed April 26, 2012 July 18, 2012http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/world/africa/charles-taylor-fast-facts/index.html Charles Taylor Fast Facts Library C. 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April 26, 2013 CNN July 18, 2012 May 2 – Ambassador Jeremiah Sulunteh presents his letters of credence to United States President Barack Obama.https://liberianembassyus.org/in-the-news/ambassador-sulunteh-presents-letters-of-credence Ambassador Sulunteh Presents Letters of Credence Embassy of Liberia in the United States May 3, 2012 July 18, 2022 May 30 – Former President Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison by the Special Court for Sierra Leone.Brumfield Ben https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/30/world/africa/netherlands-taylor-sentencing/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years for war crimes CNN March 31, 2012 July 18, 2022 June 28 – Vice President Joseph Boakai launches the 2012 Comprehensive Food Security And Nutrition Survey in Paynesville.https://reliefweb.int/report/liberia/liberia-launches-2012-comprehensive-food-security-and-nutrition-survery Liberia Launches 2012 Comprehensive Food Security And Nutrition Survery {sic} Reliefweb July 5, 2013 July 18, 2022 July 20 – A bill sponsored by Bong County Senator Jewel Taylor seeking to felonize same-sex marriage is passed unanimously through the Senate.http://www.liberianobserver.com/index.php/news/item/1976-senate-passes-%E2%80%98no-same-sex-marriage%E2%80%99-bill https://web.archive.org/web/20120805070510/http://www.liberianobserver.com/index.php/news/item/1976-senate-passes-%E2%80%98no-same-sex-marriage%E2%80%99-bill dead "Senate Passes 'No Same Sex Marriage' Bill ", Daily Observer, 21 July 2012 August 5, 2012 July 18, 2022 July 26 – Historian Dr. D. Elwood Dunn serves as the national Independence Day orator.https://www.emansion.gov.lr/2press.php?news_id=2192 Dr. D. Elwood Dunn Named 2012 National Orator, as Liberia Celebrates 165th Independence Anniversary in Montserrado County on July 26 Executive Mansion of Liberia April 29, 2012 July 18, 2022 September 10 – Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis resigns due to poor health. September 13 – Mae Azango, along with three other journalists, is awarded the 2012 CPJ International Press Freedom Award.https://cpj.org/awards/honoring-tenacity-and-courage/ CPJ Press Freedom Awards: Honoring tenacity and courage Committee to Protect Journalists September 13, 2012 January 23, 2023 September 14 – At the Summer Paralympics in London, James Siaffa becomes the first Paralympian to represent Liberia in any sport, in the men's 82.5 kg powerlifting event.http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/powerlifting/event/men-82-point-50kg/index.html Men's −82.50 kg – Paralympic Powerlifting | London 2012 July 18, 2022 dead https://archive.today/20130111042232/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/powerlifting/event/men-82-point-50kg/index.html January 11, 2013 https://www.paralympic.org/james-siaffa James Siaffa International Paralympic Committee July 18, 2022 Deaths May 14 – Burgess Carr, Liberian-born religious leader, in Lawrenceville, Georgia, U. S. (b. 1935) Death Announcement-The Reverend Dr. Canon Burgess Carr http://www.tlcafrica.com/death_carr_burgess.htm The Liberian Connection (TLC) Africa July 18, 2022 May 26, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180526021734/http://www.tlcafrica.com/death_carr_burgess.htm usurped June 8 – Tom Kamara, journalist, in Brussels, Belgium (b. 1949)Nyan Leroy S. Liberia: Reasons Why New Democrat Was Born https://allafrica.com/stories/201206131234.html All Africa June 13, 2012 January 23, 2023 References 2012 Category:2010s in Liberia Category:Years of the 21st century in Liberia Liberia Liberia