List of heads of state of Liberia

This list of the presidents of Liberia includes all 25 presidents of Liberia who were sworn in on the country's declaration of independence on July 26, 1847. So there are no presidents here who came to power after a coup . Between 1980 and 2006, the presidency was interrupted three times, once because of an attempted coup and twice because of the two civil wars . During this time the state was also run by strangers. Since Joseph Jenkins Roberts and James Spriggs Payne ruled for two non-consecutive terms, both are listed twice, which is why the list contains 25 presidents, but only 23 different ones. The banknotes of the Liberian dollar show some presidents.

On December 26, 2017 , former professional soccer player George Weah was elected to succeed Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in the runoff election.

President of Liberia

The colors indicate party affiliation: gray : none; orange : Republican Party; blue : True Whig Party ; brown : National Democratic Party of Liberia ; pink : National Patriotic Party ; green : Unity Party .

#	president		Taking office	Exit	Vice President (s)
1	Joseph Jenkins Roberts		January 3, 1848	January 7, 1856	Stephen Allen Benson
2	Stephen Allen Benson		January 7, 1856	January 4, 1864	Beverley Yates
3	Daniel Bashiel Warner		January 4, 1864	January 6, 1868	James M. Priest
4th	James Spriggs Payne		January 6, 1868	January 3, 1870	vacancy
5	Edward J. Roye		January 3, 1870	October 26, 1871	James Skivring Smith
6th	James Skivring Smith		November 4, 1871	January 1, 1872	Anthony W. Gardiner
7th	Joseph Jenkins Roberts		March 1, 1872	January 3, 1876	Anthony W. Gardiner
8th	James Spriggs Payne		January 3, 1876	January 7, 1878	vacancy
9	Anthony W. Gardiner		January 7, 1878	January 20, 1883	Alfred F. Russell
10	Alfred F. Russell		January 20, 1883	January 7, 1884	John Tyler
11	Hilary RW Johnson		January 7, 1884	January 4, 1892	vacancy
12	Joseph James Cheeseman		January 4, 1892	November 12, 1896	William D. Coleman
13	William D. Coleman		November 12, 1896	December 11, 1900	JJ Ross
14th	Garretson W. Gibson		December 11, 1900	4th January 1904	vacancy
15th	Arthur Barclay		4th January 1904	January 1, 1912	JJ Dossen
16	Daniel E. Howard		January 1, 1912	January 5, 1920	John Breckinridge
17th	Charles DB King		January 5, 1920	3rd December 1930	Henry Too Wesley
18th	Edwin Barclay		3rd December 1930	January 3, 1944	vacancy
19th	William S. Tubman		January 3, 1944	July 23, 1971	Clarence Simpson William Richard Tolbert, Jr.
20th	William R. Tolbert, Jr.		July 23, 1971	April 12, 1980	James Edward Greene Bennie Dee Warner
21st	Samuel K. Doe		January 6, 1986	September 9, 1990	Henry Fumba Moniba
22nd	Charles Taylor		2nd August 1997	August 11, 2003	Enoch Dogolea Moses Blah
23	Moses Blah		August 11, 2003	October 14, 2003	vacancy
24	Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf		January 16, 2006	22nd January 2018	Joseph Nyumah Boakai
25th	George Weah		22nd January 2018	in office

Timeline

Individual evidence

1. ↑ It is controversial whether Smith actually ran the official business as President in Liberia after Edward James Royce left until the inauguration of Joseph Jenkins Roberts, see mysite.verizon.net ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The Archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
2. ↑ Doe came to power after the execution of William R. Tolbert, but was only sworn in as president on January 6, 1986, see www.liberiapastandpresent.org (English).