Amos Sawyer

Amos Sawyer (1978)

Amos Claudius Sawyer (15 June 1945 – 16 February 2022) was a Liberian politician and academic. He was the interim President of Liberia from 22 November 1990 to 7 March 1994. He was voted in by 35 leaders representing seven political parties and eleven interest groups. Sawyer was born in Sinoe County, Liberia. He became president after Samuel Doe was kidnapped and executed.

Sawyer died at a hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, on 16 February 2022 from cardiac arrest at the age of 76.