Charles Taylor

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Charles Taylor is a former Liberian warlord and president notorious for his role in Liberia’s civil wars and subsequent conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Charles Taylor canonical 13

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instanceOf former head of state
human
politician
warlord
accusedOf crimes against humanity
war crimes
cameToPowerThrough First Liberian Civil War
conflict First Liberian Civil War
Second Liberian Civil War
convictedBy Special Court for Sierra Leone
convictedOf crimes against humanity
war crimes
countryHelpedDestabilize Sierra Leone
countryOfCitizenship Liberia
dateOfArrest 2006-03-29
dateOfBirth 1948-01-28
dateOfConviction 2012-04-26
dateOfExile 2003-08-11
dateOfSentencing 2012-05-30
education Bentley College
linked to: Bentley University

Boston College
ethnicGroup Americo-Liberian
exileDestination Nigeria
familyName Taylor
fieldOfStudy economics
founded National Patriotic Front of Liberia
fullName Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor
givenName Charles
handedOverTo Special Court for Sierra Leone
memberOfPoliticalParty National Patriotic Party
methodOfWarfare terror against civilians
use of child soldiers
use of forced labor
militaryRank warlord
notableFor role in Liberian civil wars
support for Sierra Leonean rebels
notableWork Leadership of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia
occupation military leader
politician
warlord
officeEndTime 2003-08-11
officeStartTime 1997-08-02
penalty 50 years imprisonment
placeOfBirth Arthington, Montserrado County, Liberia
placeOfDetention United Kingdom
placeOfTrial The Hague, Netherlands
linked to: The Hague
positionHeld President of Liberia
reasonForResignation pressure from rebels and international community
supported Revolutionary United Front

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Second Liberian Civil War leaderOnSide Charles Taylor
First Liberian Civil War leader Charles Taylor
Taylor hasNotableBearer Charles Taylor
Liberian Civil Wars keyFigure Charles Taylor
Roosevelt Johnson opponent Charles Taylor
Operation Octopus (1992) commander Charles Taylor
subject linked to: Operation Octopus in 1992
Operation Octopus (1992) associatedWith Charles Taylor
subject linked to: Operation Octopus in 1992