George W. Wallace Jr. (born May 30, 1938) is a Liberian who served as the

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from 2006 to 2007. He took office early in 2006, having been appointed to the cabinet of the incoming president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and confirmed by the

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. Wallace has had a long career as a Liberian diplomat and ambassador through all of its governments during the past several decades. In a cabinet reshuffle on August 22, 2007, he was replaced as foreign minister by

Olubanka King Akerele Olubanke King Akerele (born May 11, 1946) is a Liberian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf from October 2007 until her resignation on 3 November 2010. She is the granddaug ...

"Liberia names first female foreign minister"
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, AFP (''IOL''), August 24, 2007. and became special adviser to President Johnson Sirleaf instead. Wallace was born to George Wallace and Elizabeth Yebade Wallace in Monrovia, Liberia.

Political career

Zero-tax treatment

During a visit to Liberia with Chinese President Hu Jingtao, Mr. Bo Xilai and Wallace, signed a document to increase the scope of zero- tariff treatment for goods imported from Liberia to 442 tax items.

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