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Events in the year 2013 in Liberia.

Incumbents

• President: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
• Vice President: Joseph Boakai
• Chief Justice: Francis S. Korkpor, Sr.

Events

• February 11 – A Guinean plane crashes near Monrovia, killing 11 people, including Guineain army officer Lt. General Souleymane Kelefa Diallo. President Sirleaf declares a national day of mourning the next day, February 12.
• February 28 – Acting Monrovia Mayor Mary Broh resigns amidst controversy.
• April 18 – Senior Associate Justice Francis Korkpor is appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia. Korkpor had been serving as Interim Chief Justice ever since Johnnie Lewis' resignation in September 2012.
• June 17 – Liberia makes its first appearance at a G8 summit, due to an invitation from British Prime Minister David Cameron to President Sirleaf.
• June 20 – Liberia sends its first deployment of 50 troops to Mali to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission.
• July 8 – President Sirleaf nominates 15 city mayors, including the renomination of Mary Broh as mayor of Monrovia, following her resignation in February.
• July 26 – Unity Party Chairman Varney Sherman serves as the national Independence Day orator, delivering his speech in Tubmanburg.
• August 17 – The Alternative National Congress launches after being certified with the National Elections Commission.
• August 21 – Rodney Sieh, publisher and editor-in-chief of the newspaper FrontPage Africa, is arrested. Sieh was arrested following a conviction of libel against Agricultural Minister Chris Toe by the Supreme Court, and subsequently being unable to pay the $1.5 million dollars dictated by the ruling.
• September 12 – President Sirleaf is awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.
• September 29 – President Sirleaf makes a state visit to Costa Rica at the invitation of Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla which lasts until October 1.
• November 8 – Rodney Sieh is released from prison.
• Full Date Unknown
  • Joshua Milton Blahyi, better known as General Butt Naked, publishes his memoir The Redemption of an African Warlord.

Deaths

• April 1 – Moses Blah, former President of Liberia (2003), in Monrovia (b. 1947)
• May 19 – Michael Kpakala Francis, Catholic prelate, in Monrovia (b. 1936)
• November 25 – Musue Noha Haddad, journalist, in Monrovia (b. 1968)

References

1. Butty, James (February 12, 2013). "Liberia Declares Day of Mourning for Guinean Plane Crash Victims". Voice of America. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
2. "'Mandingo Dog': Mary Broh Accused of Attack on Birth Certificate Applicants". FrontPage Africa. August 13, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
3. "His Honor Francis S. Korkpor, Sr". Supreme Court of Liberia. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
4. "President Sirleaf Nominates Associate Justice Francis S. Korkpor as Chief Justice, Cllr. Sie-A-Yeaneh Youh as Associate Justice, of Supreme Court of Liberia". Executive Mansion of Liberia. April 14, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
5. "Liberia Makes First Appearance At G-8 Summit". AllAfrica. June 17, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
6. "Liberia sends first post-war peacekeepers to Mali". Reuters. June 20, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
7. "Liberia: A Second Chance for Mary Broh for Progress". AllAfrica. July 11, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
8. "President Sirleaf Nominates 15 City Mayors, including Monrovia's Mary T. Broh". Executive Mansion of Liberia. July 9, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
9. "We Commend Cllr. Sherman For His "Guts"". The New Dawn Liberia. August 5, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
10. Liberia's Newest Political Party, Alternative National Congress of Liberia Launches Sat. Archived 2014-12-27 at the Wayback Machine FrontPage Africa, 16 August 2013
11. "Libel conviction could keep Liberian journalist imprisoned for life". IFEX. September 19, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
12. "Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to get Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace". Biharprabha News. September 11, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
13. "First Elected Female Presidents of Liberia and Costa Rica Hold Historic Meeting; Stress Importance of Visit in Promoting Bilateral Dialogue and Strengthening Diplomatic Ties". Executive Mansion of Liberia. October 1, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
14. "Liberian publisher Rodney Sieh released from prison". IFEX. November 14, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
15. Tabor, Damon (March 6, 2016). "The Greater the Sinner". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
16. Paye-Layleh, Jonathan (16 April 2014). "Former Liberian president Moses Blah dies". Boston.com. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
17. Butty, James (May 20, 2013). "Former Liberian Catholic Cleric, Michael Francis, Dies at 77". Voice of America. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
18. Bartuah, Joe (December 2, 2013). "Liberia: Tribute to the Late Musue Noha Haddad". All Africa. Retrieved January 23, 2023.

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