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Also known as Samuel Kanyon Doe

21st President of Liberia

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Samuel Kanyon Doe (1951–1990) was a Liberian military officer and politician who served as President of Liberia. Born in Tuzon, he was a member of the National Democratic Party of Liberia and held the rank of master sergeant in the Armed Forces of Liberia. His career began in 1969, and he was educated at the University of Liberia.

Doe participated in the First Liberian Civil War. He received several honors, including the Order of African Redemption, Order of the Pioneers of Liberia, Order of the Star of Africa, and the Grand Order of Mugunghwa. He had eight children.

Doe died in Monrovia on September 9, 1990, following a summary execution and extra-judicial killing. Open Library lists eight works associated with him, including *Liberia-Nigeria co-operation* and *The new Liberian society*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

Vice president
Harry Moniba
Preceded by
Himself (as Chairman of People's Redemption Council )
Succeeded by
Amos Sawyer (interim)
Deputy
Thomas Weh Syen Nicholas Podier
Born
( 1951-05-06 ) 6 May 1951, Tuzon , Liberia
Died
9 September 1990 (1990-09-09) (aged 39), Monrovia , Liberia
Cause of death
Assassination
Party
National Democratic Party
Spouse
Nancy Doe ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 ) ​
Alma mater
University of Liberia
Occupation
Politician
Allegiance
Liberia
Branch service
Armed Forces of Liberia
Years of service
1969–1985
Rank
Master Sergeant
Battles wars
First Liberian Civil War

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Liberia
Place of birth
Tuzon
Place of death
Monrovia
Occupation
politician
Position held
president
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
Baptists
Military rank
master sergeant
Image
Samuel Kanyon Doe - Liberian.jpg
Number of children
8
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Commons category
Samuel Doe
date of birth
1951-05-06
date of death
1990-09-09
manner of death
extra-judicial killing
name in native language
Samuel Kanyon Doe
start of work period
1969-00-00
end of work period
1990-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

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Leader of Liberia (1980–1990)

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