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Prince Johnson

Prince Johnson
Member of the Senate of Liberia
from Nimba County
Assumed office
13 January 2006
Serving with Thomas Grupee
Preceded by NTLA
Personal details
Born Prince Yormie Johnson
(1952-07-06) 6 July 1952 (age 64)
Tapeta, Nimba, Liberia
Political party NUDP
Religion Evangelical Christian
Military service
Allegiance National Patriotic Front
Years of service 1971–1983 (LNG)
1989–1992 (NPFL)
Rank Brigadier general
Battles/wars First Liberian Civil War

Prince Yormie Johnson (born 6 July 1952) is a Liberian politician and the current Senior Senator from Nimba County. A former rebel leader, Johnson played a prominent role in the First Liberian Civil War, in particular capturing, torturing, mutilating and executing President Samuel Doe, who had himself overthrown and murdered the previous President, William R. Tolbert Jr.

Johnson was born in Tapeta, Nimba County, in the east-central interior of the country, and was brought up by an uncle in the capital city of Monrovia. In 1971, while living in Monrovia, he joined the Liberian National Guard (LNG), which was transformed into the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) in the aftermath of Samuel Doe's 1980 overthrow of President William R. Tolbert.

He rose to the rank of Lieutenant, receiving military training in both Liberia and the United States, where he was instructed in military police duties in South Carolina. A stern, often draconian, disciplinarian, he served as aide-de-camp to Gen. Thomas Quiwonkpa, the Commanding General of the Armed Forces of Liberia, and accompanied him into exile in 1983, after Quiwonkpa was accused of plotting a coup against Doe.

Johnson later allied with Charles Taylor as part of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), serving as the NPFL's Chief Training Officer. Taylor's fighters crossed the border from Ivory Coast and began operations in Liberia on Christmas Eve, 1989.


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