Marjon Vashti Kamara
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia | |
| In office 6 January 2016 – 2018 | |
| President | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |
| Preceded by | Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan |
| Succeeded by | Gbehzohngar Milton Findley |
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| Born | Monrovia, Liberia |
| Alma mater | Western Michigan University |
| Occupation | Diplomat, Politician |
| Awards | Dame Great Band and Chancellor of the Orders in the Humane Order of African Redemption |
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Marjon Vashti Kamara (born 13 August 1949) is a Liberian diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2018.
Kamara was born on 13 August 1949 in Monrovia to Jacob and Edith Kamara.[1] She attended Saint Theresa's Convent High school and graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1970 and a master's degree in political science in 1973.[2][3]
Camara began working in Liberia's Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1974, working closely with Cecil Dennis,[1] before working at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Ethiopia, Uganda and Geneva from 1983 until 1994.[2] She was UNHCR's Representative to Angola from 1994–1998 and to Tanzania from 1998-2001. She then became Director of the Division of Operational Support in 2001, before being appointed Director of UNHCR for Africa in October 2005.[2]
Kamar was appointed as Liberia's ambassador to the United NationsinNew York on 8 October 2009.[2][4][3] She chaired the fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women and was elected to serve as Vice President of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly.[5]
Kamara was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on 6 January 2016.[6][1]
In 2016, Kamara was made a Dame Great Band and Chancellor of the Orders in the Humane Order of African Redemption.[7]
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