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Cletus Wotorson

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Cletus Wotorson
Member of the Senate of Liberia
from Grand Kru County
In office
13 January 2006 – 13 August 2024
Preceded byNTLA
Succeeded byVacant
Liberian Minister of Lands and Mines
In office
August 1978 – April 1980
PresidentWilliam R. Tolbert Jr.
Preceded byAaron Holmes
Succeeded byWillie P. Nebo
Personal details
Born
Cletus Segbe Wotorson

(1937-03-13)13 March 1937
Liberia
Died13 August 2024(2024-08-13) (aged 87)
Political partyUnity Party
Other political
affiliations
Liberian Action Party
Alliance of Political Parties
Alma materWesleyan University

Cletus Segbe Wotorson (13 March 1937 – 13 August 2024) was a Liberian politician and geologist. On 26 March 2009, he was elected as President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Liberia, beating out fellow Senator Gbehzohngar Milton Findley.[1] He served until 2012.[2] Wotorson died on 13 August 2024, at the age of 87.[3]

Positions

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  • Assistant Professor of Geology & Geophysics – University of Liberia
  • Director – Liberian Geological Survey (1973–1975)
  • Founder & President – West Africa Consultants (1975–1978)
  • Minister of Lands & Mines – Government of Liberia (1978–1980)
  • Chairman – Liberian Petroleum Refinery Company (1978–1980)
  • Chairman & CEO – Liberian Petroleum Refinery Company (1980–1983)
  • President – Nimba Mining Company (1988–1990)
  • Standard Bearer of the Alliance of Political Parties in the 1997 presidential election. He placed fourth out of thirteen candidates, winning 2.57% of the vote

References

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  1. ^ Liberia: Senator Cletus Wotorson elected new President Pro-tempore of the Liberian senate Archived 1 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine The Liberian Times, 26 March 2009
  2. ^ Dunn, D. Elwood (4 May 2011). "The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia 1848–2010: State of the Nation Addresses to the National Legislature". Walter de Gruyter – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Former Senate Pro Tempore Cletus Wotorson Dies". Daily Observer. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.