Charles A. Minor (born July 3, 1942) is a former Liberian ambassador to the United States.

Early life

Charles A. Minor was born on July 3, 1942, in

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. He was born to a

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pastor, E. B. Minor. Charles briefly attended the

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. Later, he attended the

College of West Africa The College of West Africa is a Methodist high school in Monrovia, Liberia. The school was opened in 1839 (as the "Monrovia Seminary"), making it one of the oldest European-style schools in Africa. It has produced many of Liberia's leaders. Alumn ...

, where he earned a high school diploma. He then graduated from the

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, and went on to pursue education in management and finance in the

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. As a student, he was involved with youth and religious organizations such as the Methodist Youth Fellowship in Sinoe County and later in

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, the National Student Christian Council in which he general secretary, and the National Youth Council in which he was president.

Career

Minor worked with the consulting firm

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. He later started his own consultancy in

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named Consultant Management Enterprise. For ten years, Minor worked as the Human Resource and Management Development Director of the African Management Services Company in

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. Minor helped establish the

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in Liberia. On May 21, 2004, Minor was appointed as the

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by Transitional Government Chairman

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. On June 15, 2004, Minor presented his credentials to President

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. When President

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became president, she kept Minor as ambassador for two years, before appointing Nathaniel Barnes in 2008. On June 20, 2015, the Minor family started to erect a library and multipurpose building for J. J. Roberts Elementary School in Grand Cape Mount County. On June 21, 2015, Minor was crowned Father of the Year by one of Liberia's oldest churches, the First United Methodist Church. President Sirleaf attended the crowning ceremony. On July 26, 2015, Minor served as Independence Day orator in Greenville. As of 2015, Minor was Chairman of the Board of Tax Appeals.

Personal life

On July 18, 1970, Minor married Comfort in the First United Methodist Church. Together, they have three children.

References

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