Sirleaf Makes Changes to Liberia Cabinet

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has tapped Liberia's Ambassador to the UN, Marjon Kamara, to be Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing Augustine Ngafua who resigned last year to seek political office. Dr. Henrique Tokpa was named.Internal Affairs Minister, while Youth and Sports Minister Eugene Nagbe was moved to the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, succeeding Lewis Brown who was appointed ambassador to an as-yet-unnamed country.

 

President Sirleaf and members of her cabinet (file photo).

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