The President of Liberia is the head of state and head of government in Liberia.
List of Presidents
# | Photo | Name | Tenure | Party |
1 | ![]() | Joseph Roberts (1809-1876) | January 3, 1848 to January 7, 1856 | Liberian Republican Party |
2 | ![]() | Stephen A. Benson (1816-1865) | January 7, 1856 to January 4, 1864 | Liberian Republican Party |
3 | ![]() | Daniel B. Warner (1815-1880) | January 4, 1864 to January 6, 1868 | Liberian Republican Party |
4 | James Payne (1819-1882) | January 6, 1868 to January 3, 1870 | Liberian Republican Party | |
5 | Edward J. Roye (1815-1872) | January 3, 1870 to October 26, 1871 (Deposed in a Coup d’état) | True Whig Party | |
1st Vacancy | No Image | Office Vacant | October 26, 1871 to November 4, 1871 | No Party |
6 | James Smith (1825-1892) | November 4. 1871 to January 1, 1872 | True Whig Party | |
7 | ![]() | Joseph Roberts (1809-1876) | January 1, 1872 to January 3, 1876 | Liberian Republican Party |
8 | James Payne (1819-1882) | January 3, 1876 to January 7, 1878 | Liberian Republican Party | |
9 | Anthony Gardiner (1820-1885) | January 7, 1878 to January 20, 1883 (Resigned) | True Whig Party | |
10 | Alfred Russell (1817-1884) | January 20, 1883 to January 7, 1884 | True Whig Party | |
11 | Hilary Johnson (1837-1901) | January 7, 1884 to January 4, 1892 | True Whig Party | |
12 | ![]() | Joseph J. Cheeseman (1843-1896) | January 4, 1892 to November 12, 1896 (Died) | True Whig Party |
13 | ![]() | William Coleman (1842-1908) | November 12, 1896 to December 11, 1900 (Resigned) | True Whig Party |
14 | G. W. Gibson (1832-1910) | December 11, 1900 to January 4, 1904 | Ture Whig Party | |
15 | Arthur Barclay (1854-1938) | January 4, 1904 to January 1, 1912 | True Whig Party | |
16 | Daniel E. Howard (1861-1935) | January 1, 1912 to January 3, 1920 | True Whig Party | |
17 | Charles King (1875-1961) | January 5, 1920 to December 3, 1930 (Resigned) | True Whig Party | |
18 | ![]() | Edwin Barclay (1882-1955) | December 3, 1930 to January 3, 1944 | Ture Whig Party |
19 | ![]() | William Tubman (1895-1971) | January 3, 1944 to July 23. 1971 (Died) | True Whig Party |
20 | William Tolbert (1913-1980) | July 23, 1971 to April 12, 1980 (Deposed in a coup, then killed) | True Whig Party | |
21 | Samuel Doe (1951-1990) | April 12, 1980 to September 9, 1990 (Deposed in a coup, then killed) | Military Junta | |
2nd Vacancy | No Image | Office Vacant | September 9, 1990 to August 2, 1997 | No Party |
22 | Charles Taylor (Born 1948) | August 2, 1997 to August 11, 2003 (Captured by Nigerian forces; Forced to Resign) | National Patriotic Front | |
3rd Vacancy | No Image | Office Vacant | August 11, 2003 to January 16, 2006 | No Party |
23 | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Born 1938) | January 16, 2006 to January 22, 2018 (Term Limited) | Unity Party | |
24 | George Weah (Born 1966) | January 22, 2018 to January 22, 2024 (Lost Election) | Congress of Democratic Change | |
25 | ![]() | Joseph Boakai (Born 1944) | January 22, 2024 to Incumbent | Unity Party |