Events in the year 2012 in Liberia.
Incumbents
President: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Vice President: Joseph Boakai Chief Justice: Johnnie Lewis (until September 10), then Francis S. Korkpor, Sr. (as Chief Justice Ad Interim)
Events January 16 – President Sirleaf takes her second oath of office after being re-elected in 2011. March 30 – Former warlord George Boley is deported from the United States back to Liberia. 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. May 2 – Ambassador Jeremiah Sulunteh presents his letters of credence to United States President Barack Obama. May 30 – Former President Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison by the Special Court for Sierra Leone. June 28 – Vice President Joseph Boakai launches the 2012 Comprehensive Food Security And Nutrition Survey in Paynesville. July 20 – A bill sponsored by Bong County Senator Jewel Taylor seeking to felonize same-sex marriage is passed unanimously through the Senate. July 26 – Historian Dr. D. Elwood Dunn serves as the national Independence Day orator. 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. 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.
Deaths May 14 – Burgess Carr, Liberian-born religious leader, in Lawrenceville, Georgia, U. S. (b. 1935) June 8 – Tom Kamara, journalist, in Brussels, Belgium (b. 1949)
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