Jewel Taylor
Politician, Person
1963 –
Who is Jewel Taylor?
Jewel Cianeh Howard Taylor is a Liberian politician and the current senior senator from Bong County. The former wife of President Charles Taylor, she is a former First Lady of Liberia. In 2005, Taylor was elected to the Senate of Liberia in Bong County as a member of the National Patriotic Party. She is the Chairperson of the Senate Health and Social Welfare Committee on Gender, Women and Children.
While her husband was president, Taylor held a number of official posts in the Liberian government, including Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Liberia, President of the Agriculture Cooperative and Development Bank and Mortgage Financing Underwriter of the First Union National Bank. In addition, she focused on educational, health and social projects.
Taylor holds a graduate degree in banking and two bachelors in banking and economics. She is currently enrolled in the MBA program at Cuttington University in Liberia. On December 21, 2011, she graduated from the Louise Arthur Grimes School of Law of the state-owned University of Liberia.
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- Born
- Jan 17, 1963
- Spouses
- Charles Taylor
(1997 - 2006)
- Charles Taylor
- Profession
- Education
- University of Liberia
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on July 23, 2013
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