Robert Momo Kpoto is 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 orthopedic surgeon, politician, and member of the

Union of Liberian Democrats The Union of Liberian Democrats (ULD) is a political party in Liberia. It fielded candidates in the 11 October 2005 elections. Robert Kpoto, presidential candidate of the ULD, won 0.4% of the vote. The party failed to win any seats in the Senat ...

(ULD). Running as the ULD presidential candidate in the 11 October 2005

elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...

, Kpoto placed 19th out of 22 candidates, receiving 0.4% of the vote. In 1990 during Liberia's civil war, Kpoto was Liberia's chief medical officer and told a reporter that he was concerned about the threat of typhoid and cholera. He worked 12-hour days operating on people with gunshot wounds or throats that had been cut. In 2009, Kpoto was flown to Ghana for treatment after he and some other people were involved in an automobile accident that claimed at least one life.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Candidates for President of Liberia Liberian orthopedic surgeons Union of Liberian Democrats politicians {{Liberia-politician-stub