Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh | |
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.jpg) Yuoh in 2019 | |
| Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia | |
| Assumed office September 27, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Korkpor |
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia | |
| In office 2013 – September 27, 2022 | |
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| Born | |
| Alma mater | Cuttington University Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law |
Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh is aLiberian judge and politician who currently serves aschief justice of theSupreme Court of Liberia and was nominated on August 23, 2022.[1] She began to serve after the retirement of former chief justiceFrancis Korkpor on September 27, 2022.[2]
Yuoh was born inMontserrado County and educated at a Catholic high school inMonrovia. She has a Bachelor of Arts fromCuttington University (1978) and a Bachelor of Laws from theLouis Arthur Grimes School of Law,University of Liberia.[3]
Yuoh worked in the Liberian government, as an assistant minister for legal affairs from 1983–1985 and as the coordinator of African affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1988–1990.[3] From 2000–2003 she worked for theCentral Bank of Liberia, where she came under criticism for receiving "excessive Board of Director fees',[4] before serving as acting executive director and then commissioner of theLaw Reform Commission from 2011 until 2013.[3]
In 2013, Yuoh was appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, one of two women among the court's five justices.[3][5]
In April 2016, aRoberts International Airport security officer was imprisoned for a week oncontempt charges after Yuoh complained that he had disrespected her.[6][7]
In October 2016, Yuoh lifted a stay order on the holding of the election for speaker of theHouse of Representatives, decliningAlex J. Tyler's plea that he was removed unconstitutionally leading to the election of her husband's friendEmmanuel Nuquay.[8][9][10]
In March 2017, Yuoh was one of the three justices to vote in favor of the controversial new National Code of Conduct which prohibits officials appointed by thepresident from engaging in political activities.[11][12][13][14]
On August 23, 2022, PresidentGeorge Weah nominated Yuoh to replaceFrancis Korkpor as chief justice, as he planned to retire in September.[1] Korkpor retired on September 27.[2]
Yuoh was married to politicianEdwin Snowe,[15][16] who was previously married to the daughter ofCharles Taylor. She has ten children and two grandchildren.[3]
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| Preceded by | Chief Justice of Liberia 2022–present | Incumbent |
