Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh

Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh is a Liberian lawyer and politician who currently serves as associate justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia.

Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh
Associate justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia
Assumed office
2013

Early life and education

Yuoh was born in Montserrado County and educated at a Catholic high school in Monrovia. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Cuttington University (1978) and a Bachelor of Laws from the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, University of Liberia.[1]

Career

Yuoh worked in the Liberian government, as an Assistant Minister for Legal Affairs from 1983-1985 and as the Coordinator of African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1988-1990.[1] From 2000-2003 she worked for the Central Bank of Liberia, where she came under criticism for receiving "excessive Board of Director fees',[2] before serving as Acting Executive Director and then Commissioner of the Law Reform Commission from 2011 until 2013.[1]

In 2013, Yuoh was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, one of two women among the court's five justices.[1][3]

In April 2016, a Roberts International Airport security office was imprisoned for a week on contempt charges after Yuoh complained that he had disrespected her.[4][5]

In October 2016, Yuoh lifted a stay order on the holding of the election for Speaker of the House of Representatives, declining Alex J. Tyler's plea that he was removed unconstitutionally leading to the election of her husband's friend Emmanuel Nuquay.[6][7][8]

In March 2017, Yuoh was one of the three justices to vote in favour of the controversial new National Code of Conduct which prohibits officials appointed by the President from engaging in political activities.[9][10][11][12]

Personal life

Yuoh is married to politician Edwin Snowe,[13][14] who was previously married to the daughter of Charles Taylor. She has ten children and two grandchildren.[1]

References
  1. "Her Honor Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh". The Judiciary of Liberia.
  2. "Central Bank Of Liberia Spent US $5m On Public Relation To Generate $14m". The Perspective. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. Brooks, Cholo (19 July 2017). "Justice Youh, Three Other Liberian Female Judges End All-Women Regional Conference in Abuja". Global News Network Liberia. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  4. "RIA Security Officer Set Free From Monrovia Central Prison". Front Page Africa. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  5. Brooks, Cholo (5 April 2016). "Liberia Returns To Jungle Justice As Judiciary, Legislature Sentence Man To Prison For Performing His Duty". Global News Network Liberia. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  6. Sonpon III, Leroy M. (7 October 2016). "Liberia: Speaker Picks 15-Man Special Committee". Daily Observer. All Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  7. "House elects new speaker". The New Dawn. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  8. Tarr, Agnes M. (11 July 2017). "Liberia: VP Boakai Picks His Presidential Running Mate". News Of Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  9. Worwee, Sylvester (17 May 2017). "Unification Day is useless, says MOVEE's Vice Chair". Farbric Radio. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  10. Davis, Abednego (6 March 2017). "Liberia: Supreme Court Votes in Favor of Code of Conduct". Daily Observer. All Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  11. Al-bakri Nyei, Ibrahim (4 May 2017). "The Code of Conduct Act and Liberia's 2017 election". Africa Research Institute. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  12. Armah, Alston C. (11 May 2017). "Code of Conduct: A Murky Cloud Over The 2017 Elections?". Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  13. Johnson, Bettie (6 October 2016). "Liberia: Supreme Court Declines Shuns Prohibition On Tyler's Removal - Nuquay Elected Speaker". Front Page Africa. All Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  14. "Taxpayers Foot Housing, Fuel, Meals, Travel Expenses For Supreme Court Justices". Travel Wire News. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
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