Mary Broh

Mary Broh

Mary Tanyonoh Broh (born September 15, 1951) is the current Mayor of Monrovia, Liberia. She first served the Liberian government in March 2006 as the Special Projects Coordinator for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's executive staff. In 2007, she was promoted to direct the Passport Bureau in a successful attempt to curtail and eliminate corruption and bribery within the division.[1] In 2008, Broh became the Deputy Director of the National Port Authority. [2] In February 2009, she was selected to serve as Acting Mayor of Monrovia in place of the previous mayor, Ophelia Hoff Saytumah, in the President's effort to legitimize the Monrovia City Corporation's (MCC) administrative and financial management.[citation needed] Although Broh was seated in February 2009 by appointment[3] rather than the usual democratic election process, she was not confirmed by the governing body until mid-summer 2009.[citation needed] Broh has worked to clean-up the capital city with measures that include city-wide litter reduction campaigns aimed to increase public awareness of litter, sanitation, and overall public health.[4] In October 2009, she implemented the revised City Ordinance No. 1, originally established by the MCC in 1975 to address public health, sanitation, and street vendors. The revision sought to address issues that have accumulated in the capital over the last two decades such as overflowing and unsanitary trash, makeshift structures and unregulated street vendors who sell foodstuffs to locals and tourists alike.[5] She has also worked closely with government officials to address squatting, political corruption, and overpopulation, mainly caused by internally displaced persons that flocked to Monrovia from the hinterland during the civil wars that erupted in the 1980s and 1990s under Samuel Doe and Charles Taylor.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Passport Boss Tightens Grip On Floating Passport", The Analyst, 9 August 2007. Retrieved on 19 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Broh to hit Chief Compound", InProfile Daily, 8 May 2009. Retrieved on 19 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Mary Broh Becomes Monrovia City Mayor". New Liberian. February 9, 2009. http://newliberian.com/?p=647. Retrieved 3 February 2010. 
  4. ^ "Thousands Clean Up Monrovia Tomorrow", The Informer Online, 5 June 2009. Retrieved on 18 March 2010.
  5. ^ "City 'Ordinance #1' Takes Effect Today", The Informer Online, 1 October 2009. Retrieved on 18 March 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ophelia Hoff Saytumah		 Mayor of Monrovia, Liberia
February 2009–		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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