Lieutenant General Prince C. Johnson II was a Liberian military officer.

Johnson hailed from a Mano family.[1] He joined the Armed Forces of Liberia in 1977.[2]

During the First Liberian Civil War, Johnson served as Chief of Staff of the EMG Division of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia between 1993 and 1996.[3] When Charles Taylor became President of Liberia in 1997, Johnson was named Commanding General of the AFL.[3]

Johnson suffered a car crash in September 1999 whilst returning to Monrovia.[4][5] He died in October 1999, whilst undergoing treatment for his injuries at a clinic in Côte d'Ivoire.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Al Jazeera. Too small to succeed? Liberia’s new army comes of age
  2. ↑ The Inquirer. AFL Retires Gen. Ziankahn…New Chief Of Staff Says Challenges In Military Will Be Mitigated
  3. 1 2 Nicholai Hart Lidow (2011). Violent Order: Rebel Organization and Liberia's Civil War. Stanford University. pp. 175, 177. STANFORD:cd347ss0802.
  4. ↑ West Africa. West Africa Publishing Company Limited. April 2000. p. 21.
  5. 1 2 Panafrican News Agency (Dakar). Liberia: Taylor Names New Army Chief Of Staff
  6. ↑ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa. IRIN-WA Update 598
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