Joseph F. Johnson
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Chargé d’affaires
Joseph Fayiah Johnson | |
|---|---|
 Official Portrait | |
| Ambassador of Liberia to the Kingdom of Morocco | |
| Assumed office 21 January 2025 | |
| President | Joseph Boakai |
| Preceded by | Emmanuel Saye Larmeh Chargé d’affaires |
| Deputy Minister of Defense | |
| In office March 2012 – January 2018 | |
| President | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |
| Minister | Brownie Samukai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Liberia |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | University of Liberia (BSc) DeVry University (MBA) |
| Occupation | Diplomat, Public Servant |
Joseph Fayiah Johnson is a Liberian politician and diplomat who is the Liberian Ambassador to Morocco. He assumed this office in 2025 after being nominated by President Joseph Boakai. Previously, he was the Deputy Minister of Defense in the Liberian government of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf from 2012 to 2018.[1][2]
Joseph Johnson received his early education at the St. Philomena Elementary School in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County, and continued at the Lott Carey Baptist Mission School and the College of West Africa. He earned a bachelor's degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Liberia in 1990. After a study period of a year, Johnson obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from the Keller Graduate School of Management in Atlanta, Georgia in 2003.[3]
Pre-Political Career
From June 1997 to February 2004, Johnson served in the United States Army as a battalion finance non-commissioned officer. He moved on to a corporate accountancy role with Oxford Industries based in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 2007, Johnson settled in Liberia and was employed by the Liberia Company (LIBCO) as an administrative manager. During this period, he became head of the interim management committee of the Cocopa Rubber Company in Nimba County.[4] From September 2008 to July 2009, he was the Loss Prevention Supervisor at the Liberia Agricultural Company (LAC) in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County.[4]
From 2009 to 2012, Johnson served as the Financial Controller at the Ministry of Agriculture, overseeing financial operations and resource administration.[4]