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Samuel Doe

1951 - 1990

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Samuel Kanyon Doe (6 May 1951 – 9 September 1990) was a Liberian politician and military officer who served as the 21st President of Liberia from 1986 to 1990. He ruled Liberia as Chairman of the People's Redemption Council (PRC) from 1980 to 1986 and then as president from 1986 to 1990. A member of the Krahn ethnic group, Doe was a master sergeant in the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) when he staged the violent 1980 coup d'état that overthrew President William Tolbert and the True Whig Party, becoming the first non-Americo-Liberian leader of Liberia and ending 133 years of Americo-Liberian rule. Doe suspended the Constitution of Liberia, assumed the rank of general, and established the PRC as a provisional military government with himself as de facto head of state. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Doe is the 7,489th most popular politician (down from 6,741st in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Liberia (down from 4th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Liberian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Samuel Doe ranks 7,489 out of 19,576. Before him are Kassim Majaliwa, Starina Novak, Mitch McConnell, Nayib Bukele, Jacques Cathelineau, and David III of Tao. After him are Johann Trollmann, Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Bonar Law, Prusias II of Bithynia, Hōjō Tokimasa, and Zhong Ding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Samuel Doe ranks 129. Before him are Ernesto Zedillo, Jan Timman, Jakaya Kikwete, Alexander Sokurov, Philip Davis, and Enki Bilal. After him are Alexander Bortnikov, Ramón Calderón, Jack Unterweger, John McTiernan, Jan Fischer, and Osman Hussein. Among people deceased in 1990, Samuel Doe ranks 74. Before him are Art Blakey, Curtis LeMay, Tadeusz Kantor, Nicola Abbagnano, Jim Henson, and Samuel Noah Kramer. After him are David Rose, Dexter Gordon, Martin Ritt, Vaso Čubrilović, Attilio Demaría, and Harold Eugene Edgerton.

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In Liberia

Among people born in Liberia, Samuel Doe ranks 6 out of 20. Before him are Charles Taylor (1948), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938), George Weah (1966), William Tolbert (1913), and Joseph Boakai (1944). After him are Leymah Gbowee (1972), William Tubman (1895), Charles D. B. King (1875), Moses Blah (1947), Gyude Bryant (1949), and Edwin Barclay (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In Liberia

Among politicians born in Liberia, Samuel Doe ranks 5. Before him are Charles Taylor (1948), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938), William Tolbert (1913), and Joseph Boakai (1944). After him are William Tubman (1895), Charles D. B. King (1875), Moses Blah (1947), Gyude Bryant (1949), Edwin Barclay (1882), and Amos Sawyer (1945).

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