William Gyude Moore is a former minister of public works of

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from 2014 to 2018. Before serving as a minister, He was the deputy chief of staff to President

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and head of her Presidential Delivery Unit.

Early life and education

Moore was born in

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, Liberia, before his family moved to Tabou,

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, in 1994 during the

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. He studied theology at the Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary before moving to

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to study at

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majoring in

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and

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. After graduating from Berea in 2006, he pursued a Master of Science in Foreign Service at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He returned to Liberia as a Scott Fellow and an aide in the office of the president in 2009.

Career

He began his public service career as a Scott Fellow in 2009 in the office of the president, a position he held until 2012. Between 2012 and 2014, he served as the deputy chief of staff and head of the President's Delivery Unit. In December 2014, he was appointed as minister of public works, a position he held until January 2018. His tenure at the ministry was at a critical point that Liberia was dealing with the Ebola outbreak and post-conflict infrastructure development. After his stint in public service, Moore has spent his time at the

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as a senior policy fellow with a focus on infrastructure in fragile states. He has been a lecturer at the

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’s Harris School for Public Policy teaching a class on the role of infrastructure in foreign policy and international development. Since 2023, he has taught the same class as a resident

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Visiting Chair in International Relations at

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