Cletus Wotorson
Member of the Senate of Liberia
from Grand Kru County
Assumed office
13 January 2006
Serving with Peter Sonpon Coleman
Preceded byNTLA
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
Political partyUnity Party
Other political
affiliations
Liberian Action Party
Alliance of Political Parties
Alma materWesleyan University

Cletus Segbe Wotorson (born 13 March 1937) is a Liberian politician and geologist. On March 26, 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]

Positions

  • 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

  1. Liberia: Senator Cletus Wotorson elected new President Pro-tempore of the Liberian senate Archived 2010-12-01 at the Wayback Machine The Liberian Times, March 26, 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.
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