Events in the year 2020 in

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

Incumbents

* President: George Weah * Vice President: Jewel Taylor * Chief Justice: Francis S. Korkpor, Sr.

Events

*March 16 – The first case of COVID-19 in the country was confirmed. The person, a government official, had traveled from Switzerland. *April 4 – The first COVID-19 death in the country is reported. *April 8 – President George Weah declared lock-down measures to take effect on April 10 and last for 3 weeks, including suspension of all non-essential travel and curfews. Schools were closed across the country, and churches, mosques, bars, and beaches in parts of the country. *December 8 **

2020 Liberian constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum was held in Liberia on 8 December 2020 alongside Senate elections and two by-elections to the House of Representatives. It had been planned for 13 October, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Voters were as ...

: Voters must decide on two Constitutional amendments: one to shorten the President's term in office, and the other to reverse the ban on dual nationality. **

2020 Liberian Senate election Senate elections were held in Liberia on 8 December 2020, with half the seats in the Senate up for election. the elections were held concurrently with a constitutional referendum. Results Disputes Nathaniel Blama of the Liberian National Unio ...

*December 28 **The Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) calls for a rerun of the election in the Nimba County Senatorial Election. **The United States extends the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness program (LRIF) until December 20, 2021.

Deaths

* June 21 **

Bill Horace Bill Horace ( – June 21, 2020) was a Liberian fighter, a former member of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) and alleged war criminal. He fled to Canada in 2002 and was killed in his home in London, Ontario in 2020. Early life ...

, former warlord, shot in London, Ontario, Canada ** Joseph Korto, Minister of Education (2006-2010), in Delaware, United States * July 1 – J. Nagbe Sloh, member of the

House of Representatives of Liberia The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia, and together with the Senate comprises the Legislature of Liberia. The number of seats is fixed by law at 73, with each county being apportioned a ...

, in Monrovia * July 8 – Munah Pelham-Youngblood, member of the House of Representatives of Liberia, in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

, Ghana (b. 1983) * August 5 –

Lahai Gbabye Lansanah Adjutant Lahai Gbabye Lansanah (October 20, 1968August 5, 2020) was a Liberian politician and former military officer. Biography Lansanah was born on October 20, 1968. Lansanah was a member of the National Democratic Party of Liberia. Lansanah ...

, former Bomi County senator (b. 1968) * September 16 – Chea Cheapoo, Chief Justice (1987), in New Georgia (b. 1942) * April 4 –

George Dweh George Dweh (March 6, 1961April 4, 2020) was a Liberian politician, Warlord and a member of the ethnic Krahn group who formerly operated in the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, LURD and the Movement for Democracy in Liberia, M ...

, politician and warlord, Speaker of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly of Liberia (2003–2005) (b. 1961)

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