james, nagbe, james, nagbe, nagbe, served, 14th, chief, justice, liberia, from, 1986, until, resignation, 1987, 14th, chief, justice, liberiain, office, january, 1986, june, 1987nominated, bysamuel, doepreceded, byemmanuel, gbalazehsucceeded, bychea, cheapoona. James Nagbe Nagbe served as the 14th Chief Justice of Liberia from 1986 until his resignation in 1987 James N Nagbe14th Chief Justice of LiberiaIn office 16 January 1986 18 June 1987Nominated bySamuel DoePreceded byEmmanuel GbalazehSucceeded byChea CheapooNagbe represented Montserrado County during the 1983 Constitutional Convention to draft a new constitution for the country due to the previous constitution s suspension after the 1980 coup d etat On 16 January 1986 the newly elected President Samuel Doe nominated Nagbe to become the Chief Justice of Liberia replacing the transitional Chief Justice Emmanuel Gbalazeh 1 However Nagbe was unconstitutionally forced to resign by Doe on 18 June 1987 along with the entire Supreme Court bench 2 References edit Liberian President Shuffles Cabinet The New York Times January 16 1986 West Africa In Brief Liberia resignation and appointment of justices BBC June 19 1987 Legal officesPreceded byEmmanuel Gbalazeh Chief Justice of Liberia1986 1987 Succeeded byChea Cheapoo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James N Nagbe amp oldid 1148808740, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
