Minister of Foreign Affairs (Liberia)


The minister of foreign affairs is a cabinet minister of Liberia in charge of the Ministry of [Foreign Affairs (Liberia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs], a government ministry responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
Originally called the secretary of state, the position assumed its current name in 1972.
Between 1848 and 1981, every officeholder came from Montserrado County, Liberia's most populous county. The first individual to fill the post from outside of Montserrado was H. Boimah Fahnbulleh, Jr., who was originally from Grand [Cape Mount County].

List of officeholders

Source:
; Status
PortraitName
TenureTitle
1Hilary Teague
1848–1850Secretary of State
2John N. Lewis1850–1854Secretary of State
3Daniel Bashiel Warner
1854–1856Secretary of State
4James Skivring Smith
1856–1860Secretary of State
5John N. Lewis1860–1862Secretary of State
6William Highland Lynch1862–1864Secretary of State
7Edward Wilmot Blyden
1864–1865Secretary of State
8Hilary R. W. Johnson
1866–1867Secretary of State
9John N. Lewis1867–1869Secretary of State
10William [Andrew Johnson (Liberian politician)|William Andrew Johnson]1869–1870Secretary of State
11John N. Lewis1870–1871Secretary of State
12Hilary R. W. Johnson
1871–1874Secretary of State
13James Elijah Moore1874–1876Secretary of State
14James Skivring Smith1876–1877Secretary of State
15John W. Blackledge1877Secretary of State
16Hilary R. W. Johnson
1877–1878Secretary of State
17Garretson W. Gibson
1878–1884Secretary of State
18Ernest J. Barclay1884–1888Secretary of State
19William McCall Davis1888–1890Secretary of State
20Ernest J. Barclay1890–1892Secretary of State
—Arthur Barclay
1892Secretary of State
21Garretson W. Gibson
1892–1900Secretary of State
22Walter [van Dyke Gibson]1900–1904Secretary of State
23Hilary Wilmot Travis1904–1908Secretary of State
24F. E. R. Johnson1908–1912Secretary of State
25Charles D. B. King
1912–1920Secretary of State
26Edwin Barclay
1920–1930Secretary of State
27Louis Arthur Grimes
1930–1934Secretary of State
28Clarence Lorenzo Simpson
1934–1943Secretary of State
29Gabriel Lafayette Dennis
1944–1953Secretary of State
30Momolu Dukuly
1954–1960Secretary of State
31Joseph [Rudolph Grimes]
1960–1972Secretary of State
32Rocheforte Lafayette Weeks
1972–1973Minister of Foreign Affairs
33Cecil Dennis

1973–1980Minister of Foreign Affairs
34Gabriel Baccus Matthews
1980–1981Minister of Foreign Affairs
35Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh
1981–1983Minister of Foreign Affairs
36Ernest Eastman
1983–1986Minister of Foreign Affairs
37John Bernard Blamo
1986–1987Minister of Foreign Affairs
38Joseph Rudolph Johnson
1987–1990Minister of Foreign Affairs
39Gabriel Baccus Matthews
1990–1994Minister of Foreign Affairs
40Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper
1994–1995Minister of Foreign Affairs
41Momoly Sirleaf1995–1996Minister of Foreign Affairs
42Monie R. Captan
1996–2003Minister of Foreign Affairs
43Lewis Brown
2003Minister of Foreign Affairs
44Thomas Nimely
2003–2006Minister of Foreign Affairs
45George Wallace
2006–2007Minister of Foreign Affairs
46Olubanke King Akerele
2007–2010Minister of Foreign Affairs
—Sylvester Grigsby
2010Minister of Foreign Affairs
47Toga G. McIntosh
2010–2012Minister of Foreign Affairs
48Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan
2012–2015Minister of Foreign Affairs
—B. Elias Shoniyin2015–2016Minister of Foreign Affairs
49Marjon Kamara
2016–2018Minister of Foreign Affairs
50Gbehzohngar Milton Findley
2018–2020Minister of Foreign Affairs
—Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh
2020Minister of Foreign Affairs
51Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, [Sr.]
2020–2024Minister of Foreign Affairs
52Sara Beysolow Nyanti
2024–presentMinister of Foreign Affairs