Cletus Wotorson
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Cletus Segbe Wotorson is a Liberia
n politician and geologist
. On March 26, 2009 he was elected as Acting President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Liberia
, beating out fellow Senator Gbehzongar Findley.
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
n politician and geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
. On March 26, 2009 he was elected as Acting President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Liberia
Senate of Liberia
The Senate of Liberia is the upper house of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia, and together with the House of Representatives comprises the Legislature of Liberia...
, beating out fellow Senator Gbehzongar Findley.
Positions
- Assistant Professor of Geology & Geophysics – University of LiberiaUniversity of LiberiaThe University of Liberia is a publicly funded institution of higher learning located in Monrovia, Liberia. Authorized by the national government in 1851, the school opened in 1863 as Liberia College and became a university in 1951. The school is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning...
- 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 PartiesAlliance of Political PartiesThe Alliance of Political Parties was a coalition of two Liberian political parties, the Liberian Action Party and Liberia Unification Party , that contested the 19 July 1997 elections....
in the 1997 presidential electionLiberian elections, 1997The 1997 Liberian general election was held on 19 July 1997 as part of the 1996 peace agreement ending the First Liberian Civil War. The presidency, as well as all seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate were up for election...
. He placed fourth out of thirteen candidates, winning 2.57% of the vote