Oliver Bright Jr. 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. He was a lawyer by profession. Bright served as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs as of 1971. He was named Minister of Health and Social Welfare on 3 August 1973. He served in that post until 1976 and then as Minister of Justice between 1976 and 1979 in the governments of

William Tolbert William Richard Tolbert Jr. (13 May 1913 – 12 April 1980) was a Liberian politician who served as the 20th president of Liberia from 1971 until 1980. Tolbert was an Americo-Liberian and trained as a civil servant before entering the House of ...

Bright was dismissed from his ministerial post in the wake of the 14 April 1979 rice demonstrations. Reportedly Bright had given the order to police to clear the streets of demonstrators, resulting in clashes with multiple fatalities.Liberian Listener.
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