Gyude Bryant

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Gyude Bryant (2004)

Charles Gyude Bryant [ tʃɑːlz ˈgjuːdɪ ˈbɹaɪənt ] (born January 17, 1949 - April 16, 2014 in Monrovia ) was a Liberian politician and for a period of 825 days between October 14, 2003 and January 16, 2006 transitional president of his home country.

Life

Charles Gyude Bryant was a Liberian businessman (import of construction machinery and mining equipment) and was considered politically neutral. He was a member of the Liberian Action Party and was elected party leader in 1992. This opposition party was able to gain influence during President Taylor's tenure.

Gyude Bryant was informed in August 2003 by chief mediator Abubaka that the conflicting parties in Liberia would accept him as leader of a transitional government. This brought the eleven-week peace talks to a successful end. Bryant, who was also a leading member of the Episcopal Church in Liberia, was considered the most neutral candidate to form the interim government and to lead the peace talks between the conflicting parties in Liberia. After 14 years of civil war and the expulsion of former President Charles Taylor in Liberia, a new era began. Until Bryant took office, Moses Blah headed the affairs of state as interim president.

Presidency

Gyude Bryant was sworn in on 14 October 2003 as president of the Liberian transitional government was his official title: Chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia - CNTGL - (German: Chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia ), its legislative period was only two years in office.

He should put the following goals into practice with his transitional government:

  • Disarm the fighting groups
  • Rehabilitation of fighters and their return to their communities and families
  • Return of all refugees and the locally displaced to their hometowns
  • The disarmament of Liberia in order to enable peaceful elections for a new government in October 2005 without armed conflict.

Because of the emerging pacification of the country, interested foreign investors contacted President Bryant in order to be able to conclude, for example, favorable concessions for the felling of tropical wood or the construction of mines. Since these discussions were mostly confidential, Bryant and his negotiating partners quickly became suspected of corruption. In fact, her successor, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf , who was elected in November 2005, revised some of the contracts entered into by Bryant and, through persistent renegotiations, won better terms for the currency-weak state budget . But Bryant also struggled with crime-fighting and health-care problems.

Litigation and Rehabilitation

The inauguration of his successor, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who was elected in November 2005, took place on January 16, 2006. In the following years, Bryant was attacked by his political opponents in Liberia. He became the corruption accused and early December 2007 due to a display ( misappropriation of state property) in custody taken, but against bail dismissed. As a result of the September 2010 trial, Bryant was acquitted and rehabilitated on all counts. In 2009 he was tried in court on charges of personal enrichment and embezzlement of Liberian state property worth over one million US dollars during his presidency, and he was acquitted.

literature

  • Peter Körner: Africa Yearbook . Ed .: Rolf Hofmeier, Andreas Mehler . tape 2003 . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-531-14386-7 , Liberia, p. 114-118 .

Web links

Commons : Gyude Bryant  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jack Phillips: Liberia's first post-war president dies. In: Epoch Times, April 16, 2014 (accessed April 16, 2014).
  2. ↑ a b Liberia's future begins again. In: BBC News (Oct. 14, 2003). Retrieved December 22, 2010 .
  3. ^ Agreement on transitional presidents in Liberia. In: NEWS.at (Aug. 21, 2003). Retrieved December 22, 2010 .
  4. ^ Ex-Liberia president arrested ... In: Al Jazeera (Jan. 7, 2008). Retrieved December 22, 2010 .
  5. ↑ Liberia ritual killings warning. In: BBC News (June 29, 2005). Retrieved December 22, 2010 .
  6. ^ Liberia police arrest ex-leader. In: BBC News (Dec. 7, 2007). Retrieved December 22, 2010 .
  7. ^ Liberia ex-leader freed from jail. In: BBC News (Dec. 8, 2007). Retrieved December 22, 2010 .
  8. ^ Gyude Bryant: Charges dropped against Liberia ex-leader. In: BBC News (Sep. 27, 2010). Retrieved December 22, 2010 .
  9. ^ Liberia ex-leader wins $ 1m case. In: BBC News (May 1, 2009). Retrieved December 22, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Bryant, Gyude
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bryant, Charles Gyude (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Interim President of Liberia
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1949
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 2014
Place of death Monrovia