Chea Cheapoo

Chea Cheapoo
15th Chief Justice of Liberia
In office July 1987 – 2 December 1987
Nominated by	Samuel Doe
Preceded by	James N. Nagbe
Succeeded by	Emmanuel Gbalazeh
Personal details
Born	1942

Chea Job Cheapoo, Sr. (born 1942) is a Liberian politician who served as the 15th Chief Justice of Liberia from July 1987 until his impeachment and removal from office on December 2 of that year.

Cheapoo served in the late 1970s as a Senator from Grand Gedeh County. At that time, he also served as the head councilor for the Progressive Alliance of Liberia, an opposition party later outlawed by President William Tolbert.^[1] Following the overthrow of the Tolbert government in a 1980 coup, Cheapoo was appointed Attorney General in April 1980 under the People's Redemption Council regime.^[2] However, Cheapoo was removed from his position and arrested in September 1981 after being accused of stockpiling arms without permission of the PRC.^[3]

Following the resignation of Chief Justice James N. Nagbe in June 1987, Cheapoo was appointed by President Samuel Doe as Chief Justice. However, he was impeached, convicted and removed from on December 2, 1987 by the Legislature on charges of violating the Constitution while in office.^[4][5] Cheapoo is the only Chief Justice to have ever been impeached and, with a term of less than five months, served the shortest term of office in Liberian history.

Cheapoo later participated in the 1997 general elections as the head of the Progressive People's Party. As the party's candidate for president, Cheapoo won only 0.34% of the vote, while the party failed to win any seats in the Legislature.

References

1. ^ "Liberia: In Brief; Dismissal of Justice Minister". BBC. September 4, 1981. 
2. ^ "Liberia: In Brief; People's Courts". BBC. May 12, 1980. 
3. ^ "General, In Brief: Release from detention of former Liberian Justice Minister". BBC. September 29, 1981. 
4. ^ "WEST AFRICA: IN BRIEF; Liberia House of Representatives presents bill for impeachment of Chief Justice". BBC. November 19, 1987. 
5. ^ "Liberia Senate impeaches Chief Justice Cheapoo". BBC. December 4, 1987. 

Legal offices
Preceded by James N. Nagbe	Chief Justice of Liberia 1987	Succeeded by Emmanuel Gbalazeh

Persondata
Name	Cheapoo, Chea
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1942
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death