List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia

The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Liberia is the presiding officer of the legislature. In the current house, the speaker is elected by the house for the term of the legislature, six years. The Speaker may be removed from their position by a two-thirds majority. A Deputy Speaker is also elected, and, in the event of a vacancy in the speakership, serves as Speaker until the election of a replacement, which is to occur within sixty days. The Speaker is also responsible for appointing members to House Committees. This article lists the presiding officers of Liberia's lower house, which has been most often known as the House of Representatives.

List This is an incomplete list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesJames B. McGill18481848Daniel Bashiel Warner18481849Edward James Roye18491850Charles Henry18501851Beverly R. Wilson18511853Beverly V. R. James1853?H. W. Erskine?1855James M. Moore18551856Mathew A. Rand18561857 - ?Robert H. Marshall18591860Anthony William Gardner18601861Ezra W. WrightDecember 1861?A. J. Woods??Dixon B. Brown??William Draper??Edward Lyles??Henry B. Whitfield??Daniel E. MacFarland??Henry Wesley Dennis18631864 - ?Augustus Washington18651869William Spencer Anderson18691871D. P. Wilson18711876Nathan E. Dixon18761877William David Coleman18771879C. R. Sim? - 18801881 - ?E.- B. Cummings? - 18821882 - ?J.-N. Lewis? - 18851888 - ?Alexander Glen Tubman? - 18891889 - ?F. O. Thorne? - 18901893 - ?Z. J. Greene? - 18941894 - ?Robert B. Richardson18951896 - ?J. C. Johnson18971899 - ?Robert H. Marshall? - 19001903D. R. Worrell19001901Speaker pro temporeJames A. Toliver19031906 - ?Samuel Alfred Ross1907?James A. Toliver? - 19081909 - ?J. J. Ellis? - 19101910 - ?T. A. McCarthy? - 19121912 - ?Stephen Allen Liberty? - 19141917 - ?John Gottlieb A. Richards19181919Philip J. L. Brumskine19191923Stephen Allen Liberty? - 19251929John N. Lewis19291931Clarence Lorenzo Simpson19311934Richard Wiles19351936Richard Wiles19401940Richard Wiles19421945Benjamin Green Freeman19431951Richard Abrom Henries, Sr.195212 April 1980 Liberia Stories, April 2005

This is a list of speakers of the Interim National Assembly:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesNicholas Podier19841984

This is a list of presidents of the Interim National Assembly:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesSamuel Doe26 July 1984 1985Europa World Year Book 1985

This is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesSamuel Dualu Hill 19861990 Liberia: the heart of darkness: account of Liberia's civil war

This is a list of speakers of the Interim National Assembly (ILA):

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesBismarck Kuyon ? - 19921993 The professor: A documentary short by Jason Price

This is a list of speakers of the Transitional National Assembly (TLA):

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesMorris Dukuly 11 March 1994February 1997 Former speaker to seek sensational seat?Lusinee Kamara 27 February 19971997

This is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesNyudueh Morkonmana July 19972003 vips

This is a list of speakers of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly of Liberia (NTLA):

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesGeorge Dweh 20 October 200314 March 2005 LIBERIA: Appeals for calm amid parliament corruption row. IRIN, March 17, 2005George Koukou 17 March 2005January 2006

This is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesEdwin Melvin Snowe 13 January 200618 January 2007 IPU PARLINE database: LIBERIA (House of Representatives). Last elections?18 January 200729 January 2007Edwin Melvin Snowe29 January 200715 February 2007Alex J. Tyler 7 April 200727 September 2016 Tyler Is New Speaker of the House. Liberia Broadcasting System, April 6, 2007James Emmanuel Nuquay October 201615 January 2018Bhofal Chambers 15 January 201815 January 2024Jonathan F. Koffa15 January 202421 November 2024Richard Koon21 November 2024While Koon was initially elected speaker on 21 November 2024, and would serve as such, the Supreme Court would rule his leadership illegal, affirming Jonathan F. Koffa as the lawful speaker. Koffa would resign on 12 May 2025, and Koon would be properly elected the following day. Incumbent

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