Reginald Goodridge
Minister of Culture, Information and Tourism
Personal details
Born (1952-11-11) 11 November 1952
Liberia
Political partyTrue Whig Party (after 2005)
National Patriotic Party (before 2005)

Reginald Goodridge (born 11 November 1952)[1] is a Liberian politician and former government minister. Goodridge was born in Liberia in 1952.[1] He was a member of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic party and served as a press secretary to Taylor following his election as Liberian president.[2] He also served as Liberian minister for Culture, Information, Tourism of Liberia.[3][4] Following the end of the Second Liberian Civil War, Goodridge argued that there would be "bloodbath" in the country if Taylor was forced to resign.[5] In 2005, Goodridge left the National Patriotic Party and joined the new version of the True Whig Party (TWP). He was appointed as the TWP's chairman in 2015.[6][7][8] In 2021, Goodridge led a campaign for the reburial and an official memorial service, for TWP government officials who were killed during the 1980 Liberian coup d'état.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Liberia Designations". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  2. ↑ "Sierra Leone Web - Sierra Leone News - January 2001". Sierra-leone.org. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  3. ↑ "Liberia Monrovia | AP Archive". Aparchive.com. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  4. ↑ "A Conversation with Liberia's Information Minister E. Reginald Goodridge". Theperspective.org. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  5. ↑ "Minister warns of "bloodbath" if Taylor is forced out". The New Humanitarian. Jun 19, 2003. Retrieved Sep 4, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Reginald Goodridge Heads 'New TWP'". Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Adisi, Andy (31 March 2011). "Former Information Minister Renews Membership With TWP". Africanelections.org. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  8. ↑ "Former Information Minister Renews Membership With TWP". Africanelections.org. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  9. ↑ "Former Ruling TWP Wants Proper Burial For Executed Officials In Liberia's 1980 Coup". Newspublictrust.com. Apr 23, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
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