Jewel Howard-Taylor

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Jewel Taylor at Mashav's 30th international Women Leading Conference in Israel

Jewel Cianeh Howard-Taylor (born January 17, 1963 in Liberia ) is a Liberian politician and businesswoman. She was the former first lady and wife of ousted President Charles Taylor . She has been Vice President of Liberia in the Weah government since January 22, 2018 .

Life

The Liberian studied at Cuttington College and has a diploma in banking and two bachelor's degrees in banking and economics.

As the wife of rebel leader Charles Taylor , she became Liberia's “First Lady” after he was elected President. She also appeared as a politician herself and held a number of representative and charitable offices in her husband's government. After President Taylor's forced resignation, Jewel Taylor filed for divorce. After the separation, she successfully continued her political career as a member of the National Patriotic Party of Liberia and ran for elections for the Senate and House of Representatives in Bong County .

Offices

Jewel Howard-Taylor is:

  • "Senior Senator" of Bong County
  • Committee chair for the social areas Health and Social Welfare, Gender, Women and Children Committee (German: Health Service, Welfare Care, Equal Rights and in the Mother-Child Committee)
  • Deputy Chair of the Committee for Banking, Insurance & Currency (German: Banking, Insurance and Currency Matters )
  • Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee for Public Accounts and Audits (German: Public Complaints and Hearings)
  • Member of the Lands, Mines and Energy committee (German: Land use, mining and energy generation)
  • Member of the Planning and Economic Affairs committee (German: planning and economic development)
  • Member of the Pension, Insurance and Social Security Committee (German: Pensions, Lebens- und Sozialversicherungssysteme)
  • Member of the Foreign Relations Committee (German: Foreign Affairs)

She is also represented on the boards of these Liberian banks:

  • National Bank of Liberia, as President
  • Agriculture Cooperative Development Bank (ACDB)
  • First Union National Bank (Mortgage Financing Underwriter - German: Mortgage Financing).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Executive Mansion (Ed.): A Profile of Members of the 52nd Legislature of Liberia. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (online portal). Retrieved January 12, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Howard-Taylor, Jewel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Howard-Taylor, Jewel Cianeh (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Liberian politician and businesswoman
DATE OF BIRTH 17th January 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Liberia