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2011 in Liberia
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Events in the year 2011 in Liberia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- July 26 — Voinjama businesswoman Garmai Estella Korboi serves the national Independence Day orator.[1]
- August 23 — The constitutional referendum is held, where proposed amendments seeking to change details about elections ultimately fail to be adopted.[2][3]
- October 7 — President Sirleaf and activist Leymah Gbowee are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.[4]
- October 11 — The Liberian general election is held.[4]
- November 7 — Police fire upon a march by the opposition party, the Congress for Democratic Change, with the United Nations reporting two deaths.[5]
- November 8 — The presidential run-off election is held.[6]
- November 15 — President Sirleaf is declared the winner of the 2011 presidential election by the National Elections Commission.[4]
Deaths
[edit]- February 28 – Ernest Eastman, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, (b. 1927)[7]
- March 22 – Patrick Doeplah, football striker, in Monrovia (b. 1990)[8]
- May 18 – Antoinette Tubman, former First Lady (1948–1971), (b. 1914)[9]
- September 17 – George MacDonald Sacko, football striker, in Newark, New Jersey, U. S. (b. 1936)[10]
- November 14 – Peter Naigow, Vice President of Liberia (1991), in Guinea[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Badio, Cyrus Wleh (July 25, 2011). "Who Is Garmai Estella Korboi – Liberia's Independence Day Orator". The New Dawn Liberia. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Liberians vote 'no' to proposed constitutional changes". France24. September 1, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- ^ "Liberians vote in contentious referendum". France24. August 23, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Liberia Fast Facts". CNN. January 25, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- ^ "Nobel Peace Prize Winner Faces Electoral Boycott". WBUR-FM. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "National Tally Center Tally Report" (PDF). National Elections Commission. July 19, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ "His Excellency T. Ernest Eastman is dead". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liberia. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Liberia: What caused the death of the Liberian player, Patrick Doeplah is now out". The Star-Ledger. March 25, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Mrs. Antoinette Louise Tubman, Former First Lady of the Republic of Liberia, is dead". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liberia. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ Khavkine, Richard (28 December 2011). "A legend in his home country, former Liberian soccer great dies penniless on streets of Newark". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Dr. Peter L. Naigow". Kaiser Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
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