Moses Blah
| Moses Blah | |
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| 23rd President of Liberia | |
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In office 11 August 2003 – 14 October 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Gyude Bryant |
| 28th Vice President of Liberia | |
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In office 24 July 2000 – 11 August 2003 |
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| President | Charles Taylor |
| Preceded by | Enoch Dogolea |
| Succeeded by | Wesley Momo Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 April 1947 Toweh Town, Liberia |
| Died | 1 April 2013 (aged 65) Monrovia, Liberia |
| Political party | National Patriotic |
Moses Zeh Blah (18 April 1947 – 1 April 2013) was a Liberian politician. He served as Vice President of Liberia under President Charles Taylor and became the 23rd President of Liberia on 11 August 2003, following Taylor's resignation. He served as President for two months, until 14 October 2003, when a United Nations-backed transitional government, headed by Gyude Bryant, was sworn in.
Blah was born in Toweh Town, Liberia, a Gio-speaking hamlet in north-eastern Nimba County, close to the border with the Ivory Coast. He joined with Taylor because of a shared hatred of President Samuel Doe, who had killed Blah's wife along with hundreds of others in an ethnic-related massacre. He trained with Taylor in a Libyan guerrilla camp and served with him as a general during Liberia's civil war in the 1990s. He held the post of ambassador to Libya and Tunisia after Taylor was elected in 1997. In July 2000 Blah was appointed as Vice President after the death of Enoch Dogolea who was rumoured to have been poisoned.
Blah was known as a quiet and unassuming man, driving his own jeep around town rather than using a motorcade and driver, and wearing flowing African robes instead of the normal olive green military uniform. He was constantly annoyed by the presence of bodyguards following him around.
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