Ministry of National Defense (Liberia)

The Ministry of National Defense of Liberia is the government ministry responsible for the maintenance of the national defense and the governance of the Armed Forces of Liberia.

History An amendment to the Liberian Constitution allowed the previously named War Department to be renamed the Department of National Defense on February 25, 1955.'Looking at the LNG Brigade,' Armed Forces Day Brochure, 1973-74, Ministry of National Defense, via University of Liberia Library. Then, during the early years of President William Tolbert's Administration after 1971, all departments were renamed Ministries and thus the organization became the Ministry of National Defense. Brigadier General Geraldine Janet George (Rtd.) was confirmed by the Liberian Senate as Minister of National Defense on April 30, 2024https://mod.gov.lr/liberia-gets-first-female-defense-minister

The Ministry's three-story building used to be located on Benson Street in downtown Monrovia, but upon the conclusion of the DynCorp / PA&E training effort in Liberia, moved to the Barclay Training Center, also located in central Monrovia, in July 2009. In early August 2009 the Ministry's Comptroller was dismissed, apparently for misappropriating US$50,000 intended for paying soldiers of the rebuilt AFL.Corruption at Ministry of Defense? (Comptroller Sacked for 'Eating' US$50,000 Soldiers' Pay ), August 9, 2009

List of ministers Source: Secretaries of War and the Navy (1848-1971)

Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1848-1876) Reginald A. Sherman (1876-1892) Colonel Anthony D. Williams Jr. (1892-1900) George B. Padmore Robert T. Sherman Wilmot H. Dennis Columbus Harris Isaac Moart James F. Cooper B.W. Payne James W. Cooper Momolu Massaquoi Joseph Dennis Henry Reed Cooper J. Foulton Dunbar Wilkins Tyler Isaac Whisnant Ernest J. Yancy Ernest C. Jones, (1950-1960) Harrison Grisby, (1960-1963) Robert A. Brewer (1963-1968) Everett Jonathan Goodridge (1968-1970)

Ministers of Defense (1971-present) Allen H. Williams (1970-1976) Harry A. Greaves (1976–1978) M. Burleigh Holder (1978–1979) James Y. Gbabee (1979–1980) Samuel Bennie Pearson (April 1980-1981) Albert Karpeh (1981-1982) Grey Dio-Glaye Allison (1982-August 1989Stephen Ellis, The Mask of Anarchy, Hurst & Co., London, 2001, p.118 or 255. Allison was charged and later convicted of ritual killing. Ellis cited Kappel and Korte, Human Rights Violations in Liberia 1980–90: A Documentation, Liberia Working Group, Bremen, 1990, pp.223-5) J. Boima Barclay (1989–9 September 1990 ) Edward Benyah Kesselly (January 1991 - 1993) Arthur Dennis, (1993 - March 1994) Sande Ware, (May 1994 - August 1995) J. Hezekiah Bowen (1995–1997Ministry of National Defense (Liberia), Armed Forces Today, Vol. 2, No.1, February 11, 2008, p.21-23. Note that this list is a composite of both the MND listing and Dunn, Beyan, and Burrowes. Dunn et al list Pearson and Karpeh which the MND does not.) Daniel Chea (1997–2006), as National Transitional Government of Liberia Defense Minister Brownie J. Samukai (2006–2017) Major General Daniel Ziankahn (22 January 2018-9 February 2024) Prince C. Johnson III (9 February 2024-12 February 2024) Brigadier General Geraldine J. George (13 February 2024-)

Ministry of National Defense (Liberia)

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