Judge Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh has been appointed as the new chief justice by the Liberian senate. Francis Saye Korkpor, who retired this month after attaining the constitutional retirement age of 70, is replaced by her. In the 175 years of Liberia’s history, Justice Yuoh becomes the third female chief justice and the first since 2003.
Regarding her age, the judiciary has not commented on it.
Exactly 13 months before the upcoming presidential and general elections, she rises to the top of the judicial hierarchy.
One of the two female judges on the five-member Supreme Court at the time was Justice Yuoh. Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay has been proposed to take her place as the criminal court judge. Frances Johnson Allison and Gloria Musu Scott served as Liberia’s past two female chief justices.
