1980 in Liberia
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- President
- William Tolbert (until April 12)[1]
- Samuel Doe (from April 14, as Chairman of the People's Redemption Council)[1]
- Vice President
- Bennie Dee Warner (until April 12)[1]
- Thomas Weh Syen (from April 14, as Co-Chairman of the People's Redemption Council)[1]
- Chief Justice
- James A. A. Pierre (until April 12)[1]
- Emmanuel Gbalazeh (after April 14)[2]
Events
- January 8 – The Progressive People's Party is registered.[3]
- March 10 – George Boley is arrested on charges of treason and sedition.[4]
- March 28 – The oppositional Progressive People's Party is banned by an act of the Legislature of Liberia.[3]
- March 31 – Liberia establishes diplomatic ties with Ecuador.[5]
- April 12 – 1980 Liberian coup d'état
- President William Tolbert is assassinated following an attack led by seventeen members of the Armed Forces of Liberia on the Executive Mansion.[1]
- The Liberian Constitution of 1847 is suspended.[6]
- George Boley is released from prison.[4]
- April 14 – The People's Redemption Council is established, with Samuel Doe as its chairman and head of state of Liberia.[1]
- April 22 – The Doe regime executes five of President Tolbert's cabinet ministers and eight former Liberian officials by firing squad.[1][7]
- April 30 – Former Vice President Bennie Dee Warner announces the formation of a government-in-exile in Ivory Coast with the intention of overthrowing the Doe regime.[8]
- August 26 – Doe leaves to visit Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in his first international visit since his taking power.[9]
- Full date unknown
- Matilda Newport Day is abolished.[10]
- Liberia establishes formal diplomatic relations with Libya.[11]
