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The MDR was certified by the National Elections Commission in May 2016. [6] Senator Prince Johnson was initially the leader of the MDR. [7] Johnson contested the presidency with the party, alongside running mate Audrian R. Smith-Forbes, in the 2017 election. The MDR ticket won 8.2% of the vote.
Jeremiah Koung. Jeremiah Kpan Koung (born 17 March 1978) is a Liberian politician who is the 31st and current vice president of Liberia. He served in the House of Representatives of Liberia from 2012 to 2020. He was elected to the Senate of Liberia in 2020. He became the standard bearer of the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction in 2022.
The alliance was certified by the National Elections Commission on 29 December 2016 to contest the 2017 general elections. [1] The coalition initially consisted of the Congress for Democratic Change, National Patriotic Party and the Liberia People's Democratic Party. [2] It nominated George Weah, leader of the Congress for Democratic Change, as ...
Nathaniel Blama of the Liberian National Union (LINU) called for a rerun in the election held in Gbarpolu and Grand Kru counties because of tampering with ballots. [2]The Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) called for a rerun of the election in the Nimba County based on allegations of fraud.
Liberia has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Membership in parties tends to be fluid, as the party leader at the time holds significant influence over the ideology the party follows.
2019–2020 Liberian protests. The 2019–2020 Liberian protests were a series of mass protests and civil disobedience campaigns as part of a popular movement by civilians in Liberia against economic turmoil; protesters demanded the resignation of the government of George Weah due to the crisis. Protesters first began their anti-government ...
Joseph Nyumah Boakai (born 30 November 1944) is a Liberian politician who is the 26th and current president of Liberia. [1] He previously served as the 29th vice president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and as the minister of agriculture from 1983 to 1985. Boakai ran for president in 2017, losing the ...
The Grassroots Development Movement (GDM) is a political party in Liberia. [1] The GDM was certified by the National Elections Commission in May 2023. [2] The party ran in the 2023 Liberian elections and won no seats in the Senate or House of Representatives [1] and received 2.2% of the vote in the presidential elections. [3]