Roland J. Diggs was a
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It ...
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Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...
bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ...
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He was elected as
Vice President
A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is o ...
in August 1990 to the interim administration of
Amos Sawyer.
He stepped down to concentrate on religious issues and was succeeded in April 1991 by
Peter Naigow
Peter Lorkulah Naigow (born c. 1946, died on 14 November 2011) was a Liberian politician.
He served as minister of labour and in other positions in Samuel Doe's administration.
He was elected as Vice President on 19 April 1991 to the interim ad ...
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