Cabinet of Liberia

Liberia

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The Cabinet of Liberia, together with the President and Vice President, form the executive branch of government in the country. The President, with the consent of the Senate, appoints cabinet ministers.

The current government

The following is a list of ministers currently serving in the administration of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who took office as president on 16 January 2006:^[1]

Office	Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Toga G. McIntosh
Minister of State for Presidential Affairs	Edward B. McClain, Jr.
Minister of Finance	Augustine K. Ngafuan
Minister of Justice and Attorney-General	Christiana Tah
Minister of National Defense	Brownie J. Samukai
Minister of Internal Affairs	Harrison Kahnweah
Minister of Education	E. Othello Gongar
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications	Frederick Norkeh
Minister of Public Works	Samuel Kofi Woods
Minister of Agriculture	Florence Chenoweth
Minister of Health and Social Welfare	Walter Gwenigale
Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism	Cletus Sieh
Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs	Amara M. Konneh
Minister of Lands, Mines, and Energy	Roosevelt Jayjay
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Miata Beysolow
Minister of Gender and Development	Varbah Gayflor
Minister of Labor	Jeremiah Sulunteh
Minister of Youth and Sport	Etmonia Tarpeh
Minister of Transport	Willard Russell
Minister of National Security	Victor Helb

References

1. ^ "‘Right People for the Job’: Meet Ellen’s Reconfigured Government". FrontPageAfrica. December 4, 2010. http://www.frontpageafrica.com/newsmanager/anmviewer.asp?a=11967&z=2. Retrieved December 6, 2010. 

See also

• Liberian elections, 2005
• History of Liberia