Bennie Dee Warner

Bennie Dee Warner is a Liberian politician. He served as the country's Vice-President^[1] from 1977 to 1980.

Warner was a bishop in the United Methodist Church^[1] before he was plucked from relative obscurity to become Vice President. Warner was attending a conference of Methodist Bishops in Nashville, Indiana when a military coup led by Samuel Doe overthrew the Liberian government.^[2] Warner attempetd to form an exile government in Ivory Coast to challenge the coup makers.^[3]

Bishop Warner later established residence in Oklahoma City, where he taught at the United Methodist Oklahoma City University and pastored Quayle United Methodist Church. He then served in Syracuse N.Y, before being appointed District Superintendent of the Camden District of the United Methodist Church in Arkansas.

References

^ ^a ^b Ethnic Tensions in Liberia's National Identity Crisis: Problems and ... Emmanuel Dolo - 2007 -‎ - Page 26
^ "Tobert's Aide in U.S.=The New York Times". 1980. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FA0A12FC395D17728DDDAA0994DC405B8084F1D3. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
^ Methodists Prepare to Quit Liberia As Their Bishop Challenges Regime New York Times May 1, 1980

Preceded by James Edward Greene	Vice-President of Liberia 1977 – 1980	Succeeded by Henry Fumba Moniba

Vice Presidents of Liberia

	Nathaniel Brander • Anthony D. Williams • Stephen Allen Benson • Beverley Yates • Daniel Bashiel Warner • James Priest • Joseph Gibson • James S. Smith • Anthony Gardiner • Charles Harmon • Alfred F. Russell • James Thompson • William D. Coleman • Joseph J. Ross • Joseph D. Summerville • J. J. Dossen • Samuel George Harmon • Samuel Alfred Ross • Henry Too Wesley • Allen Yancy • James S. Smith, Jr. • Clarence Simpson • William R. Tolbert, Jr. • James E. Greene • Bennie Dee Warner • Harry Moniba • Enoch Dogolea • Moses Blah • Joseph Boakai

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