Vice-President of Liberia

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The Vice-President of Liberia is the second-highest executive official in the Liberian government. The current vice-president is Joseph Nyumah Boakai. He began his term on January 16, 2006.

[edit] List of Vice-Presidents of Liberia

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	President(s)
Vacant		1848	1853		Roberts
1	Stephen Allen Benson	1853	1856	None	Roberts
2	Beverley Yates	1856	1860	None	Benson
Vacant		1860	1864		Benson
3	James M. Priest	1864	1868	Republican	Warner
Vacant		1868	1870		Spriggs-Payne
4	James Skivring Smith	1870	1871	True Whig	Roye
5	Anthony W. Gardiner	1871	1876	Republican	Roberts
Vacant		1876	1881	True Whig	Spriggs-Payne Gardiner
6	Alfred F. Russell	1881	1883	True Whig	Gardiner
Vacant		1883	1892		Russell Johnson
7	William D. Coleman	1892	1896	True Whig	Cheeseman
8	J. J. Ross	1896	1900	True Whig	Coleman
Vacant		1900	1904		Gibson
9	J. J. Dossen	1904	1912	True Whig	Barclay
Vacant		1912	1924		Howard King
10	Henry Too Wesley	1924	1928	True Whig	King
11	Allen Yancy	1928	1930	True Whig	King
Vacant		1930	1944		Barclay
12	Clarence Simpson	1944	1952	True Whig	Tubman
13	William Richard Tolbert, Jr.	1952	July 23, 1971	True Whig	Tubman
14	James Edward Greene	1972	June 22, 1977	True Whig	Tolbert
15	Bennie Dee Warner	1977	April 12, 1980	True Whig	Tolbert
16	Henry Fumba Moniba	January 6, 1986	September 9, 1990	National Democratic Party of Liberia	Doe
Vacant		1990	1997
17	Enoch Dogolea	August 27, 1997	June 23, 2000	National Patriotic Party	Taylor
18	Moses Zeh Blah	July 24, 2000	August 11, 2003	National Patriotic Party	Taylor
Vacant¹		August 11, 2003	January 16 2006		Blah
19	Joseph Nyumah Boakai	January 16, 2006	Present	Unity	Johnson-Sirleaf

¹ During this time, the National Transitional Government of Liberia was in charge of government duties. The vice-chairman below assumed the duties and powers of the office of vice-president during part of this period.