Edward B. McClain Jr.
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Edward B. McClain Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State for Presidential Affairs | |
| In office 2007 – 23 July 2016 | |
| President | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |
| Preceded by | Willis Knuckles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 November 1944 Liberia |
| Died | 23 July 2016 (aged 71) Pretoria, South Africa |
| Education | College of West Africa, Cuttington College and Divinity School, University of Besançon |
Edward B. McClain Jr. (18 November 1944, Liberia - 23 July 2016, Pretoria was a Liberian politician. He was the minister of state for presidential affairs and chief of staff to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.[1][2]
He was born on 18 November 1944.[1] His father's family was from Mhanwruune Quarter of Picnicess, in Grand Kru County.[1] He was a nephew on his mother's side of President William Richard Tolbert Jr. McClain graduated from the College of West Africa and Cuttington College and Divinity School with a BSc degree in chemistry and biology. He then studied psychiatry at the University of Besançon in France. He then resided in Abidjan, in the Ivory Coast, where he befriended Sirleaf.[1]
Sirleaf and McClain returned to Liberia in 2003.[2] He was a key member of her electoral campaign.[1] Initially in 2006, President Sirleaf appointed McClain as minister of state without portfolio.[3] After the resignation of Willis Knuckles, McClain was made acting minister of state for presidential affairs in 2007.[4] In her second term, Sirleaf renominated McClain as minister of state for presidential affairs.[5]
McClain died in office on 23 July 2016 while undergoing medical treatment in Pretoria, South Africa.[1][2]