Executive Mansion, Monrovia

The current Executive Mansion was constructed during the presidency of William Tubman between 1960 and 1963 and officially dedicated on 3 January 1964.^[5]

The project was designed and supervised by the Department of Public Works in collaboration with the Stanley Engineering Company of Africa, while construction was carried out by the Liberian Construction Corporation (LCC).^[5]

According to reporting on the building’s construction, the project received financial support from the Israeli government.^[6]

The Executive Mansion was the site of the assassination of President William Tolbert (in office 1971–1980) during the 1980 coup d'état.^[7]

According to public hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), blood ritual and other sacrifices were performed at the Executive Mansion during the presidency of Samuel Doe, which lasted from 1980 to 1990. They were meant to render the president as well as the Executive Mansion impregnable. Hundreds of people, especially men, are also said to have been killed on the grounds of the Executive Mansion in the wake of the failed coup attempt by Thomas Quiwonkpa in 1985.^[3]

The Executive Mansion was destroyed by fire on July 26, 2006, during celebrations marking the 159th anniversary of the adoption of the Liberian Declaration of Independence. At the time, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (in office 2006–2018) was hosting foreign guests and dignitaries on the grounds of the mansion.^[8]

Following years of reconstruction and renovation, the Executive Mansion was officially reopened on February 14, 2022.^[9]

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  Residence of Joseph Jenkins Roberts, first president of Liberia, between 1848 and 1852.
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  Old Executive Mansion, between 1910 and 1920.

• Timeline of Monrovia