Ruler · 1948 – present

Charles Taylor

Born 1948, living; politician. President of Liberia (Liberia), 1997 – 2003.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: since 1948; living
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Liberia
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Liberia

Liberia · the 30th of 35 dated reigns · 1848 – 2024

26 before

David D. Kpormakpor1994 – 1995

Wilton G. S. Sankawulo1995 – 1996

Ruth Perry1996 – 1997

Charles Taylor1997 – 2003

Moses Blah2003

Gyude Bryant2003 – 2006

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf2006 – 2018

2 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1997 – 2003 · 6 years · came to it aged 49

Came to it: elected
Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: resigned

Following a peace deal that ended the war, Taylor was elected president in the 1997 general election as a member of the National Patriotic Party (NPP).

That year, he resigned as a result of growing international pressure and went into exile in Nigeria.

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