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Liberian president killed in coup gets state funeral after 45 years
GREATER MONROVIA, MONTSERRADO, JUL 1 – The memorial honors 14 officials executed after the 1980 coup and advances Liberia's reconciliation efforts, marking 45 years since the violent political upheaval, President Boakai said.
- Liberia held a state funeral and reburial ceremony for Samuel Kanyon Doe and Nancy B. Doe on June 27, 2025, in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County.
- The ceremony followed decades of political unrest after Doe's 1980 coup that ended over a century of Americo-Liberian dominance and led to civil wars ending in 2003.
- The event also commemorated 14 cabinet members executed in 1980 after sham trials, whose remains remain unfound despite excavations earlier this year.
- President Joseph Boakai described the occasion as more than just a funeral, emphasizing it as an opportunity for the nation to reflect on its past and seek healing.
- The state funeral served as a step toward national reconciliation and healing, although many wounds from past atrocities remain unhealed with no war crimes prosecutions in Liberia yet.
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Ghanaian TimesLiberia's former president William Tolbert symbolically reburied, 45 years after his murder
Liberia's former President William Tolbert has been symbolically reburied, 45 years after he was murdered during a coup. Thirteen of his cabinet members were also executed. On Tuesday, the 14 men were given a state funeral, attended by President Joseph Boakai.
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On the fourth day of the national funeral on 27 June, the empty coffin of the former president of Liberia will be buried next to that of his wife, on the family property, in Zwedru.
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