Charles Taylor

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former head of state human politician warlord

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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Label Occurrences
Charles Taylor canonical 13

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
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 University ⓘ
surface form: Bentley College

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 National Patriotic Front of Liberia ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: The Hague, Netherlands
positionHeld President of Liberia ⓘ
reasonForResignation pressure from rebels and international community ⓘ
supported Revolutionary United Front ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Second Liberian Civil War → leaderOnSide → Charles Taylor ⓘ
First Liberian Civil War → leader → Charles Taylor ⓘ
Taylor → hasNotableBearer → Charles Taylor ⓘ
Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor → headOfGovernment → Charles Taylor ⓘ
Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor → headOfState → Charles Taylor ⓘ
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy → opposedGovernmentOf → Charles Taylor ⓘ
Liberian Civil Wars → keyFigure → Charles Taylor ⓘ
National Patriotic Front of Liberia → leader → Charles Taylor ⓘ
National Patriotic Front of Liberia → founder → Charles Taylor ⓘ
Roosevelt Johnson → opponent → Charles Taylor ⓘ
Operation Octopus in 1992 → commander → Charles Taylor ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Octopus (1992)
Operation Octopus in 1992 → associatedWith → Charles Taylor ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Octopus (1992)
United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy → opposedTo → Charles Taylor ⓘ