George Dweh (March 6, 1961April 4, 2020) was a

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 ...

n politician, Warlord and a member of the ethnic Krahn group who formerly operated in the LURD and the MODEL faction groups. He is also a cousin of the former president Samuel K. Doe, a Krahn who seized power in a 1980 coup. Despite widespread resistance to his appointment amidst allegations of his involvement in numerous massacres, Dweh served as Speaker of the

National Transitional Legislative Assembly of Liberia The National Transitional Legislative Assembly (NTLA) was Liberia's legislative body during the country's transition from civil war to democratic rule (October 2003–January 2006). Background The NTLA was created as part of an August 2003 pe ...

(NTLA) from October 2003 to 14 March 2005, when he was suspended from the body after being accused of financial mismanagement and corruption. Dweh has six children: Georgetta, George, George, Georgina, George, Jr., and Georgecee Dweh."LIBERIA: Appeals for calm amid parliament corruption row"
IRIN, March 17, 2005.

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1961 births 2020 deaths Members of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly of Liberia Krahn people 21st-century Liberian politicians {{Liberia-politician-stub