Ruth Sando Fahnbulleh Perry was a Liberian politician.
10 Facts About Ruth Perry
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Ruth Perry served as the interim Chairman of the Council of State of Liberia from 3 September 1996 until 2 August 1997, following the First Liberian Civil War.
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Ruth Perry was born on 16 July 1939, in a rural area of Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia, the daughter of Marjon and AlHaji Semila Fahnbulleh.
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Ruth Perry graduated from the Teachers College of the University of Liberia.
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Ruth Perry worked as an elementary school teacher in Grand Cape Mount County.
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Ruth Perry married McDonald Perry, a judge and legislator and they had seven children.
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When her husband was involved in politics, Ruth Perry engaged in the electoral campaign and tried to get women to vote for him.
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In 1985, Ruth Perry won a seat in the Liberian Senate as a Unity Party candidate.
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Ruth Perry did not join the boycott and became the lone member of the opposition in the Assembly.
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On 17 August 1996, after 17 years of conflict and 7 years of war, the Economic Community of West African States representatives negotiated a cease-fire between Liberia's warring factions and announced that Ruth Perry would replace Wilton Sankawulo as Chairman of the Council of State in an interim government.