Vamba Kanneh
Vamba M. Kanneh was a Liberian physician and politician.[1]
After the Abuja I Accord in 1995, Kanneh (representing the ULIMO-K faction) was named Minister of Health and Social Welfare in the Liberian National Transitional Government. On February 28, 1997 Kanneh resigned as Minister of Health and Social Welfare to take a seat in the Council of State (5-member collective presidency of the country), as ULIMO-K leader Alhaji G. V. Kromah resigned in order to contest the 1997 Liberian presidential election.[2]
During the Second Liberian Civil War Kanneh joined the LURD rebel group. When LURD joined the National Transitional Government of Liberia in October 2003, Kanneh was named Minister of Transport.[3][4] As of March 2005 he still held the post.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Sudanow, Volume 22, Issues 7-12. Ministry of Culture and Information (Sudan), 1998. p. 8
- ^ Ichiro Mashima. リベリア内戦史資料(1989～1997)
- ^ Mail & Guardian. Liberians name new government
- ^ The New Humanitarian. Chea retains defence ministry in new government
- ^ B. Turner (7 February 2017). The Statesman's Yearbook 2006: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Springer. p. 1054. ISBN 978-0-230-27134-0.