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- Edison Reginald Townsend (July 23, 1917 – April 22, 1980) was a Liberian journalist and statesman known for the establishment of Liberia's Information Services. He served as Secretary of Information and Cultural Affairs under President William Tubman, and as Minister of State for Presidential Affairs under President William Tolbert. In 1979 he was elected National Chairman of the True Whig Party. Following the 1980 Liberian coup d'état of President Tolbert on April 12, 1980, he and several other members of the Tolbert administration were put on trial and without due process executed by firing squad on April 22, 1980. (en)
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- Schieffelin, Marshall Territory, Liberia (en)
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- E. Reginald Townsend (en)
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- Minister of State for Presidential Affairs (en)
- Minister of Information, Cultural Affairs, and Tourism (en)
- National Chairman, True Whig Party (en)
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- D. Elwood Dunn (en)
- G. Henry Andrews (en)
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- 1971 (xsd:integer)
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- Edison Reginald Townsend (July 23, 1917 – April 22, 1980) was a Liberian journalist and statesman known for the establishment of Liberia's Information Services. He served as Secretary of Information and Cultural Affairs under President William Tubman, and as Minister of State for Presidential Affairs under President William Tolbert. In 1979 he was elected National Chairman of the True Whig Party. Following the 1980 Liberian coup d'état of President Tolbert on April 12, 1980, he and several other members of the Tolbert administration were put on trial and without due process executed by firing squad on April 22, 1980. (en)
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- E. Reginald Townsend (en)
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