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Biography of NTGL Chairman, Charles Gyude Bryant
Charles Gyude Bryant is a highly respected Liberian business man and church leader who became chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) on October 14, 2003 . Born on January 17, 1949 , Chairman Bryant hails from Cavalla, Maryland County in Liberia where his father C.G. Bryant worked as a Collector. His mother, Cerue Henderson hails from Crozierville, Montserrado County , Liberia .
Chairman Bryant graduated from Cuttington University College in Suacoco, Bong County , Liberia where he received a degree in Economics in 1972. Following graduation from college, he served as head of the planning and development department of the Liberian National Port Authority and in 1977 he established the Liberia Machinery and Supply Company, which he ran until he assumed the chairmanship of the NTGL.
Although active in national politics since the 1970s, Chairman Bryant joined several prominent Liberians in 1984 to form the Liberia Action party following the lifting of the ban on political activities imposed by the military government of Samuel Kanyon Doe. In 1997, Bryant spearheaded an effort by six political parties to contest the general elections as a unified alliance. After much strife, Bryant was named Chairman of the NTGL following the departure from Liberia of former president Charles Taylor. Bryant primary task has been to implement the “Accra Peace Accord.”
Since being named Chairman of the NTGL, Bryant has become a symbol of Liberia 's transition from war, to a nation supported the international community in pursuit of peace, unity, greater democracy, and the prevalence of the rule of law.
Widely known as a devout Christian and leading member of the Episcopal Church, Bryant has served as Chairman of the Church's Diocesan Board of Trustees since 1996. Chairman Bryant is married to Rosielee Williams Bryant and they have three children. |
