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Prince Johnson
Prince Johnson | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Johnson in 2023 | |
| Member of the Senate of Liberia from Nimba County | |
| In office 13 January 2006 – 28 November 2024 Serving with Nya D. Twayen Jr. | |
| Preceded by | NTLA |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Prince Yormie Johnson 6 July 1952 Tapeta, Nimba, Liberia |
| Died | 28 November 2024 (aged 72) Paynesville, Montserrado, Liberia |
| Political party | MDR (2016–2024) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (until 2010; 2014–2016) NUDP (2010–2014) |
| Children | Prince Johnson, Jr. |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Liberia |
| Branch/service | Liberian Army |
| Years of service |
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| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Battles/wars | First Liberian Civil War |
Prince Yormie Johnson[a] (6 July 1952 – 28 November 2024) was a Liberian warlord and politician, who served as a senator for Nimba County from 2006 to 2024. Once a rebel leader, Johnson played a prominent role in the First Liberian Civil War.
After previously serving as an officer in the Armed Forces of Liberia, Johnson allied himself with Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) rebel group when it launched the First Liberian Civil War in 1989 to overthrow President Samuel Doe. Due to a rift with Taylor, Johnson soon formed an NPFL splinter group, the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL), which captured, tortured and executed Doe in 1990.[1][2] Following continued clashes with Taylor and the pro-Doe ULIMO group, the INPFL was disbanded and Johnson was forced into exile in Nigeria in 1992, where he converted to Christianity and reconciled with the Doe family.
Johnson returned to Liberia in 2004 following the end of the Second Liberian Civil War and was elected to the Senate of Liberia in the 2005 Liberian general election. He founded a political party, the National Union for Democratic Progress (NUDP) in 2010, before being expelled from it in 2014. He then founded a new party, Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR) in 2016. He was thereafter re-elected to the Senate in 2014 and 2023. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for President in 2011 and 2017, respectively finishing in third and fourth place in the first round.
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- ^ Ellis, Stephen (2007) [1999]. The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of African Civil War. London, UK: Hurst & Company. pp. 1–16. ISBN 978-1850654179.
- ^ Themnér, Anders; Sjöstedt, Roxanna (27 November 2019). "Buying Them Off or Scaring Them Straight: Explaining Warlord Democrats' Electoral Rhetoric". Security Studies. 29: 1–33. doi:10.1080/09636412.2020.1693617. ISSN 0963-6412.
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