Roland Massaquoi

Roland Massaquoi is a Liberian politician and, as of 2006, leader of the National Patriotic Party (NPP). In 2009, Massaquoi was the President of the Liberian Produce Marketing Corporation.[1]

Running as the NPP presidential candidate in the 11 October 2005 elections, Massaquoi placed sixth out of 22 candidates, receiving 4.1% of the vote.[2] He is a member of the Loma ethnic group.

Massaquoi was agriculture minister and planning minister under the administration of Charles Taylor.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ LPMC Board to Address Internal Wrangling The Informer, 8 June 2009
  2. ^ Elections in Liberia, African Elections Database.
  3. ^ "Liberian poll: The main contenders". BBC News. 5 October 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4309302.stm#massaquoi. Retrieved 3 February 2010. 
  4. ^ "Radio Liberia International, Monrovia - July 7, 1999 Liberia: Minister stresses development of rubber sector to visiting Libyans". Radio Liberia International, Monrovia via BBC Monitoring International Reports. July 7, 1999. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F99F88350A86A63&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 3 February 2010. 
  5. ^ "Liberian logging kills forests". News 24 (Cape Town, South Africa). 2001-06-27. http://www.news24.com/Content/xArchive/Archive/968/a9d19b05137d4cb3b544c035b58d6619/27-06-2001-11-03/Liberian_logging_kills_forests. Retrieved 3 February 2010.