Before the First Liberian Civil War, Harry A. Greaves served as Minister from 1976–78, M. B. Holder 1978–79, James Y. Gbabee 1979–80, Grey Allison, up to August 1989, Boima Barclay 1989–90, fleeing Monrovia on 2 July 1990 (Huband, The Liberian Civil War), and during the war, J. Hezekiah Bowen 1995–97.