2022 in Liberia
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- President: George Weah
- Vice President: Jewel Taylor
- Chief Justice: Francis S. Korkpor, Sr. (until September 27), Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh
Events
- January 20 – Twenty-nine people are killed during a stampede at an open-air Pentecostal church in Monrovia. The stampede was triggered by panic after gangsters entered the prayer ground after a collection.[1]
- February 14 – The Executive Mansion is reopened after burning down on July 26, 2006, and President Weah moves into it.[2]
- March 9 – Officials from Air France inform Transport Minister Samuel A. Wlue that the company plans to cease operations in Liberia effective April 2022, in an attempt to restore profitability.[3]
- March 14 – Facia Boyenoh Harris, along with eleven other women, is awarded the 2022 International Women of Courage Award.[4]
- June 8 – Liberia announces its intention to open a trade mission in Jerusalem, that is to become an Israeli embassy over time.[5]
- July 22 – President George Weah signs an amendment to the 1973 Alien and Nationality Act which allows for dual citizenship.[6][7]
- July 25 – Health Minister Wilhelmina Jallah announces the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the country since 2018.[8][9]
- July 26 – Commerce Minister Mawine G. Diggs serves as national Independence Day orator.[10]
- August 15 – Three Liberian officials, Minister of State Nathaniel McGill, Solicitor General Sayma Cyrennius Cephus, and National Port Authority head Bill Twehway, have sanctions imposed on them by the United States Department of Treasury for involvement in corruption.[11]
- August 23 – Associate Justice Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh is nominated by President Weah to replace Francis Korkpor as chief justice upon his resignation in September.[12]
- September 22 – Liberia establishes diplomatic relations with Jamaica.[13]
- September 27 – Chief Justice Francis Korkpor announces his retirement.[14]
- October 6 – United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack arrives in Liberia.[15]
