G. V. Kromah
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Alhaji Garxim Varmuyan Kromah (11 February 1953
Kromah earned a B.A. from the University of Liberia in 1977.[1] In 1982, he graduated with an M.A. in communications (journalism and public affairs) from American University in Washington, D.C.[4]
Kromah was a special assistant to the vice president and later assistant information minister during the regime of President William Tolbert before becoming director general of the Liberian Broadcasting System in 1982 and minister of information in 1984 under President Samuel Doe. Kromah denied the government's crackdown leading to some deaths at the University of Liberia in 1984,[citation needed] and went into exile in June 1990, months after the First Liberian Civil War began. He later co-founded the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) a resistance armed group that forced Charles Taylor to a negotiating table that eventually brought tangible political solution to the Liberian conflict.
ULIMO split into two factions in 1994, with Kromah leading one faction known as
After the war ended, Kromah contested the 19 July 1997
Kromah ran again as the party's presidential candidate in the 11 October 2005
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- ^ "Liberian Warlord Dies without Justice for Victims". liberianobserver.com. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Liberia: Information about the personnel background and activities of Alhaji Kromah, leader of the United Liberation Movement (ULIMO) forces". Refworld. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 1 February 1996. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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- ^ a b Elections in Liberia, African Elections Database.