Vamba Kanneh

Vamba M. Kanneh was a Liberian physician and politician.

After the Abuja I Accord in 1995, Kanneh (representing the ULIMO-K faction) was named Minister of Health and Social Welfare in the Liberian National Transitional Government. On February 28, 1997 Kanneh resigned as Minister of Health and Social Welfare to take a seat in the Council of State (5-member collective presidency of the country), as ULIMO-K leader Alhaji G. V. Kromah resigned in order to contest the 1997 Liberian presidential election.

During the Second Liberian Civil War Kanneh joined the LURD rebel group. When LURD joined the National Transitional Government of Liberia in October 2003, Kanneh was named Minister of Transport. As of March 2005 he still held the post.

References

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  2. ↑ Ichiro Mashima. リベリア内戦史資料(1989~1997)
  3. ↑ Mail & Guardian. Liberians name new government
  4. ↑ The New Humanitarian. Chea retains defence ministry in new government
  5. ↑ B. Turner (7 February 2017). The Statesman's Yearbook 2006: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Springer. p. 1054. ISBN 978-0-230-27134-0.