1. Moses Blah served as the 28th vice president of Liberia under President Charles Taylor and became the 23rd president of Liberia on 11 August 2003, following Taylor's resignation.
13 Facts About Moses Blah
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Moses Blah served as president for two months, until 14 October 2003, when a United Nations-backed transitional government, headed by Gyude Bryant, was established and Bryant was sworn in as Chairman of the Transitional Government of Liberia.
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Moses Blah joined with Taylor because of a shared hatred of President Samuel Doe, who had killed Blah's wife along with hundreds of others in an ethnic-related massacre.
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Moses Blah trained with Taylor in a Libyan guerrilla camp and served with him as a general during Liberia's civil war in the 1990s.
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Moses Blah held the post of ambassador to Libya and Tunisia after Taylor was elected in 1997.
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In July 2000 Moses Blah was appointed as Vice President after the death of Enoch Dogolea who was rumoured to have been poisoned.
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Moses Blah was known as a quiet and unassuming man, driving his own jeep around town rather than using a motorcade and driver, and wearing flowing African robes instead of the normal olive green military uniform.
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Moses Blah was constantly annoyed by the presence of bodyguards following him around.
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Moses Blah was urged by the United States to take power from Taylor during his absence, but Moses Blah made no such attempt.
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Moses Blah was condemned by Liberian rebel groups for his close ties to Taylor; they charged that he would simply continue Taylor's practices.
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On 7 April 2008, Moses Blah said that he had been sent a subpoena to testify at Taylor's trial before the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague.
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Moses Blah said that he would testify and "speak the truth", and he testified on 14 May 2008, describing child soldiers and the relationship between Taylor and Foday Sankoh.
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On 1 February 2009, Moses Blah was accused of taking part in the murder of RUF commander Sam Bockarie, by a witness narrative to the commissioners of Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.