Vice President of Liberia - wikipedia Vice President of Liberia Vice President of the Republic of Liberia Coat of arms of Liberia Incumbent Jewel Taylor since January 22, 2018 Style Ms. Vice President ( Informal ) Her Excellency ( Formal ) Term length Six years Inaugural holder Nathaniel Brander Formation Constitution of Liberia July 26, 1847 Website www.emansion.gov.lr Liberia This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Liberia Constitution 1847 Constitution Executive President George Weah Vice President Jewel Taylor Cabinet Legislature Senate House of Representatives Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice : J.N. Lewis Human rights Elections Recent elections General : 2005 2011 2017 Senate : 2014 Political parties Unity Party Congress for Democratic Change Liberty Party Administrative divisions Counties Districts Clans Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions of Liberia to Liberia Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Other countries Atlas The Vice President of the Republic of Liberia is the second - highest executive official in Liberia, and one of only two elected executive offices along with the President. The Vice President is elected on the same ticket with the president to a six - year term. In the event of the death, resignation or removal of the president, the Vice President ascends to the presidency, which he or she holds for the remainder of their predecessor 's term. The Vice President also serves as the President of the Senate and may cast a vote in the event of a tie. The current Vice President is Jewel Taylor, serving under President George Weah. Contents 1 Qualifications 2 Succession 3 Key 4 List 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References Qualifications Article 52 of the Constitution lays out the qualifications for candidates for vice president. To be eligible for office under the current Constitution, a vice presidential candidate must : be a natural born citizen of Liberia ; be at least thirty - five years old ; own real property valued at least $25,000 ; have resided in Liberia for at least ten years. Additionally, the vice president may not reside in the same county as the president. Succession Under Article 63 ( b ), the Vice President ascends to the presidency in the event of president 's death, resignation, impeachment, or when the president is declared incapable of carrying out the duties of the office. In the event of ascension, the Vice President serves as president for the remainder of his or her predecessor 's term, though this period is not considered a term for the purposes of term limits to the presidency. According to Article 63 ( a ), should the president - elect die or become otherwise incapacitated before his or her inauguration, the Vice President - elect is sworn in as president in their place, though a term of this nature does constitute a term for the purposes of determining term limits. To date, five Vice Presidents have ascended to the presidency, either due to the president 's death, resignation, or removal from office : James Skivring Smith, Alfred Francis Russell, William D. Coleman, William R. Tolbert Jr., and Moses Blah. There have been twelve vacancies in the office, the first of which occurred between October 26, 1871 and January 1, 1872 ; after the ascension of James Skivring Smith to the office of President. The most recent vacancy was between August 11, 2003 and January 16, 2006 ; after the ascension of Moses Blah to the office of President and prior to the election of Joseph Boakai. Key Political parties Republican Party True Whig Party National Democratic Party National Patriotic Party Unity Party List No. Vice President ( Birth -- Death ) Term of Office Party Term ( Election ) President Notes Nathaniel Brander ( 1796 -- 1860 ) 000000001848 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1848 000000001850 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1850 Independent 1. ( 1847 ) Roberts Anthony D. Williams ( 1799 -- 1860 ) 000000001850 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1850 000000001854 - 01 - 02 - 0000 January 2, 1854 Independent 2. ( 1849 ) 3. ( 1851 ) Stephen Allen Benson ( 1816 -- 1865 ) 000000001854 - 01 - 02 - 0000 January 2, 1854 000000001856 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1856 Independent 4. ( 1853 ) Beverly Page Yates ( 1811 -- 1883 ) 000000001856 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1856 000000001860 - 01 - 02 - 0000 January 2, 1860 Independent 5. ( 1855 ) Benson 6. ( 1857 ) 5 Daniel Bashiel Warner ( 1815 -- 1880 ) 000000001860 - 01 - 02 - 0000 January 2, 1860 000000001864 - 01 - 04 - 0000 January 4, 1864 Independent 7. ( 1859 ) 8. ( 1861 ) 6 James M. Priest ( ? -- 1883 ) 000000001864 - 01 - 04 - 0000 January 4, 1864 000000001868 - 01 - 06 - 0000 January 6, 1868 Republican Party 9. ( 1863 ) Warner 10. ( 1865 ) 7 Joseph Gibson ( 1823 -- ? ) 000000001868 - 01 - 06 - 0000 January 6, 1868 000000001870 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1870 Republican Party 11. ( 1867 ) Payne 8 James Skivring Smith ( 1825 -- 1884 ) 000000001870 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1870 000000001871 - 10 - 26 - 0000 October 26, 1871 ( Ascended ) True Whig Party 12. ( 1869 ) Roye Vacancy by ascension 000000001871 - 10 - 26 - 0000 October 26, 1871 000000001872 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1, 1872 Smith 9 Anthony W. Gardiner ( 1820 -- 1885 ) 000000001872 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1, 1872 000000001876 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1876 Republican Party 13. ( 1871 ) Roberts 14. ( 1873 ) 10 Charles Harmon ( 1832 -- ? ) 000000001876 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1876 000000001878 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1878 Republican Party 15. ( 1875 ) Payne 11 Alfred Francis Russell ( 1817 -- 1884 ) 000000001878 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1878 000000001883 - 01 - 20 - 0000 January 20, 1883 ( Ascended ) True Whig Party 16. ( 1877 ) Gardiner 17. ( 1879 ) 18. ( 1881 ) Vacancy by ascension 000000001883 - 01 - 20 - 0000 January 20, 1883 000000001884 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1884 Russell 12 James Thompson ( ? -- ? ) 000000001884 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1884 000000001892 - 01 - 04 - 0000 January 4, 1892 True Whig Party 19. ( 1883 ) Johnson 20. ( 1885 ) 21. ( 1887 ) 22. ( 1889 ) 13 William D. Coleman ( 1842 -- 1908 ) 000000001892 - 01 - 04 - 0000 January 4, 1892 000000001896 - 11 - 12 - 0000 November 12, 1896 ( Ascended ) True Whig Party 23. ( 1891 ) Cheeseman 24. ( 1893 ) 25. ( 1895 ) Vacancy by ascension 000000001896 - 11 - 12 - 0000 November 12, 1896 000000001898 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1898 Coleman 14 Joseph J. Ross ( 1842 -- 1899 ) 000000001898 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1898 000000001899 - 10 - 24 - 0000 October 24, 1899 ( Died ) True Whig Party 26. ( 1897 ) 27. ( 1899 ) Vacancy by death 000000001899 - 10 - 24 - 0000 October 24, 1899 000000001902 - 01 - 06 - 0000 January 6, 1902 Gibson 15 Joseph D. Summerville ( 1860 -- 1905 ) 000000001902 - 01 - 06 - 0000 January 6, 1902 000000001905 - 07 - 27 - 0000 July 27, 1905 ( Died ) True Whig Party 28. ( 1901 ) 29. ( 1903 ) A. Barclay Vacancy by death 000000001905 - 07 - 27 - 0000 July 27, 1905 000000001906 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1, 1906 16 James Jenkins Dossen ( 1866 -- 1924 ) 000000001906 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1, 1906 000000001912 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1, 1912 True Whig Party 30. ( 1905 ) 31. ( 1907 ) 17 Samuel George Harmon ( 1861 -- 1925 ) 000000001912 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1, 1912 000000001920 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1920 True Whig Party 32. ( 1911 ) Howard 33. ( 1915 ) 18 Samuel Alfred Ross ( 1870 -- 1929 ) 000000001920 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1920 000000001924 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1, 1924 True Whig Party 34. ( 1919 ) King 19 Henry Too Wesley ( 1877 -- 1944 ) 000000001924 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1, 1924 000000001928 - 01 - 02 - 0000 January 2, 1928 True Whig Party 35. ( 1923 ) 20 Allen Yancy ( 1881 -- 1941 ) 000000001928 - 01 - 02 - 0000 January 2, 1928 000000001930 - 12 - 03 - 0000 December 3, 1930 ( Resigned ) True Whig Party 36. ( 1927 ) Vacancy by resignation 000000001930 - 12 - 03 - 0000 December 3, 1930 1930 E. Barclay 21 James Skivring Smith, Jr. ( 1891 -- 1950 ) 1930 000000001944 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1944 True Whig Party 37. ( 1931 ) 38. ( 1939 ) 22 Clarence Lorenzo Simpson ( 1896 -- 1969 ) 000000001944 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1944 000000001952 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1, 1952 True Whig Party 39. ( 1943 ) Tubman 23 William R. Tolbert Jr. ( 1913 -- 1980 ) 000000001952 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1, 1952 000000001971 - 07 - 23 - 0000 July 23, 1971 ( Ascended ) True Whig Party 40. ( 1951 ) 41. ( 1955 ) 42. ( 1959 ) 43. ( 1963 ) 44. ( 1967 ) Vacancy by ascension 000000001971 - 07 - 23 - 0000 July 23, 1971 April 1972 45. ( 1971 ) Tolbert 24 James Edward Greene ( 1914 -- 1977 ) April 1972 000000001977 - 07 - 22 - 0000 July 22, 1977 ( Died ) True Whig Party 46. ( 1975 ) Vacancy by death 000000001977 - 07 - 22 - 0000 July 22, 1977 000000001977 - 10 - 31 - 0000 October 31, 1977 25 Bennie Dee Warner ( 1935 -- ) 000000001977 - 10 - 31 - 0000 October 31, 1977 000000001980 - 04 - 12 - 0000 April 12, 1980 ( Deposed ) True Whig Party Vacancy due to coup d'état 000000001980 - 04 - 12 - 0000 April 12, 1980 000000001986 - 01 - 06 - 0000 January 6, 1986 26 Harry Moniba ( 1937 -- 2004 ) 000000001986 - 01 - 06 - 0000 January 6, 1986 000000001990 - 09 - 09 - 0000 September 9, 1990 ( Deposed ) National Democratic Party 47. ( 1985 ) Doe Vacancy due to First Liberian Civil War 000000001990 - 09 - 09 - 0000 September 9, 1990 000000001997 - 08 - 02 - 0000 August 2, 1997 27 Enoch Dogolea ( 1951 -- 2000 ) 000000001997 - 08 - 02 - 0000 August 2, 1997 000000002000 - 06 - 24 - 0000 June 24, 2000 ( Died ) National Patriotic Party 48. ( 1997 ) Taylor Vacancy by death 000000002000 - 06 - 24 - 0000 June 24, 2000 000000002000 - 07 - 24 - 0000 July 24, 2000 28 Moses Blah ( 1947 -- 2013 ) 000000002000 - 07 - 24 - 0000 July 24, 2000 000000002003 - 08 - 11 - 0000 August 11, 2003 National Patriotic Party Vacancy by ascension 000000002003 - 08 - 11 - 0000 August 11, 2003 000000002003 - 10 - 03 - 0000 October 3, 2003 Blah Vacancy due to 2003 Accra Accord 000000002003 - 10 - 03 - 0000 October 3, 2003 000000002006 - 01 - 16 - 0000 January 16, 2006 29 Joseph Boakai ( 1944 -- ) 000000002006 - 01 - 16 - 0000 January 16, 2006 000000002018 - 01 - 22 - 0000 January 22, 2018 Unity Party 49. ( 2005 ) Sirleaf 50. ( 2011 ) 30 Jewel Taylor ( 1963 -- ) 000000002018 - 01 - 22 - 0000 January 22, 2018 Incumbent National Patriotic Party 51. ( 2017 ) Weah See also Lists of office - holders List of current Vice Presidents Notes Jump up ^ President Roye was forcibly removed from office on October 26, 1871. Vice President Smith was sworn in and served the remaining two months of Roye 's presidency with no vice president. Jump up ^ On 1 January 1878, six days prior to the inauguration of Anthony Gardiner as president, the House of Representatives impeached and suspended President Payne from office. Vice President Harmon served as acting president for the final six days of the administration. Jump up ^ President Gardiner resigned from office after falling seriously ill. Vice President Russell served as president for the remaining year of Gardiner 's term with no vice president. Jump up ^ President Cheeseman died in office. Vice President Coleman served as president for the remainder of Cheeseman 's term with no vice president, and then was elected president in his own right in 1897 with Joseph J. Ross as his vice president. Jump up ^ Vice President Ross died in 1900, leaving President Coleman without a vice president. On December 11, 1900, Coleman resigned, and Secretary of State Gibson served as president for the remainder of Coleman 's term without a vice president, before being elected in his own right in 1901 with Joseph D. Summerville as his vice president. Jump up ^ Vice President Summerville died in July 27, 1905 following his and President Gibson 's reelection but prior to their inauguration. As no mechanism existed for replacing a vice president, which would have left Gibson without a vice president for his entire term, a constitutional amendment was ratified that year allowing for the president to call a special election in the absence of a vice president to fill the vacancy. J.J. Dossen won the special election in 1905 and was inaugurated along with Gibson in 1906. Jump up ^ Both President King and Vice President Yancy resigned on December 3, 1930. Secretary of State Barclay was inaugurated as president, and Vice President James Skivring Smith, Jr. was elected in a special election soon after. Jump up ^ President Tubman died following his and Tolbert 's reelection in 1971, but prior to his inauguration. Tolbert served the remainder of Tubman 's sixth term before being inaugurated for Tubman 's elected seventh term. Jump up ^ Warner was ousted along with the rest of the government by the Armed Forces of Liberia. Jump up ^ During 1980 - 1981 Thomas Weh Syen was Doe 's second - in - command in the military administration. Weh Syen was in charge on vice-presidential duties. After Weh Syen was executed on Doe 's orders, he was replaced as Vice Head of State by J. Nicholas Podier. Jump up ^ Roland Diggs served as Vice President in the administration of Amos Sawyer from August 1990 to April 1991. He was succeeded in April 1991 by Peter Naigow, who also resigned. There were many Deputy Chairman of Council of State of Liberia 1994 - 1997, including Dorothy Musuleng - Cooper, Dexter Bah Tahyor, Isaac Musa, Charles Taylor, G.V. Kromah, George Boley, Oscar Jaryee Quiah and Tamba Tailor. Jump up ^ During this time, the National Transitional Government of Liberia was in charge of government duties. Vice-Chairman Wesley Momo Johnson assumed the duties and powers of the office of vice-president during part of this period. References Jump up ^ Sims, James L. ; Seymour, George L. ; Benjamin J.K. Anderson ; James Fairhead ( 2003 ). African - American Exploration in West Africa : Four Nineteenth - Century Diaries. Bloomington : Indiana University Press. p. 72. ISBN 0 - 253 - 34194 - 9. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2009. Jump up ^ `` Weh - Syen Weeps ? '' The Monrovia Express 1981 - 08 - 12 : 1 / 8. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. 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Question: who is the current vice president of liberia
Answer: Jewel Taylor