- Joseph Boakai
Joseph Nyumah Boakai (born
November 30 ,1944 ) is the Vice-President ofLiberia . He is Vice-President to fellow Unity Party memberEllen Johnson-Sirleaf .Personal
Joseph Boakai was born on
30 November ,1944 inWorsonga ,Foya District ,Lofa County [ [http://www.emansion.gov.lr/content.php?sub=Biography&related=The%20Vice%20President Biography] eMansion.gov] to illiterate parents,cite web|title = Liberia Vice President Boakai|work=Frontlines - Inside Development|publisher =United States Agency for International Development |month=April | year=2006|url = http://www.usaid.gov/press/frontlines/fl_apr06/development.htm|accessdate = 2006-10-13] He is married toKartumu Boakai and they have 4 children. [ [http://www.emansion.gov.lr/content.php?sub=Biography&related=The%20Vice%20President Biography] eMansion.gov] Boakai is a religiousChristian , and is a Deacon of the Effort Baptist Church.Education
Boakai is a graduate of the
College of West Africa , theUniversity of Liberia , andKansas State University , which he attended on a USAID grant.Political career
From 1983 to 1985, he served as the Liberian Minister of Agriculture under
Master Sergeant Samuel Doe . While Minister of Agriculture, Boakai chaired the 15 nation West African Rice Development Association. [ [http://www.emansion.gov.lr/content.php?sub=Biography&related=The%20Vice%20President Biography] eMansion.gov]References
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