DOCUMENT: Cabinet positions in Transitional Govt

ALLOCATION OF CABINET POSITIONS, PUBLIC CORPORATIONS AND AUTONOMOUS AGENCIES/ COMMISSIONS UNDER THE NTGL

1. In conformity with Articles XXVI(1) and (2) of the Peace Agreement, the profile of the Executive Branch of the present Government of Liberia shall be maintained.


2 a. Twenty-one (21) out of the twenty-two (22) existing ministries shall operate under the Transitional Government.


b. The Ministry of State without Portfolio shall cease to exist.


3. The functioning Ministries are as follows:


i. Ministry of Agriculture;


ii. Ministry of Commerce;


iii. Ministry of Education;


iv. Ministry of Finance


v. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

vi. Ministry of Gender and Development


vii. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare viii. Ministry of Information ix. Ministry of Internal Affairs x. Ministry of Justice xi. Ministry of Labor xii. Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy; xiii. Ministry of National Defense xiv. Ministry of National Security xv. Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs xvi. Ministry of Post and Telecommunications xvii. Ministry of Public Works xviii. Ministry of Rural Development xix. Ministry of Ministry of State xx. Ministry of Transport xxi. Ministry of Youth and Sports


4. The following ministries have been allocated to the three warring parties:


For the GOL


i. Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications ii. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare; iii. Ministry of National Defence; iv. Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs; v. Ministry of Internal Affairs.


For the LURD


i. Ministry of Finance; ii. Ministry of Justice; iii. Ministry of Labor; iv. Ministry of Transport v. Ministry of State;


For the MODEL


i. Ministry of Agriculture; ii. Ministry of Commerce; iii. Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy; iv. Ministry of Public Works; v. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

5. The following Ministries shall be allocated to the Political Parties and the Civil Society:


i. Ministry of National Security; ii. Ministry of Education; iii. Ministry of Gender and Development; iv. Ministry of Information; v. Ministry of Rural Development; vi. Ministry of Youth and Sports.


6. The Warring Parties shall be allocated two (2) Deputy Ministerial Positions in the Ministries allocated to them.


7. A total number of twenty-two (22) Public Corporations shall operate under the Transitional Government.


8. The Public Corporations are as follows:


i. Agriculture Cooperative Development Bank ii. Agriculture Industrial Training Board iii. Forestry Development Authority iv. Liberia Broadcasting System v. Liberia Domestic Airport Authority vi. Liberia Electricity Corporation vii. Liberia Free Zone Authority viii. Liberia Mining Corporation ix. Liberia National Lotteries x. Liberia Petroleum Refining Corporation xi. Liberia Rubber Development Unit xii. Liberia Telecommunications Corporation xiii. Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation xiv. Liberian National Oil Company xv. Liberian Produce Marketing Corporation xvi. Monrovia Transit Authority xvii. National Housing and Savings Bank xviii. National Housing Authority xix. National Insurance Corporation of Liberia xx. National Port Authority xxi. National Social Security and Welfare Corporation xxii. Robert International Airport


9. The following Public Corporations have been allocated to the Warring Parties:


For the GOL


i. Liberia Broadcasting System; ii. Liberia Electricity Corporation; iii. Liberia Petroleum Refining Corporation; iv. Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation.

For the LURD


i. Liberia Free Zone Authority; ii. Liberian Telecommunications Corporation; iii. Liberian Produce Marketing Corporation; iv. National Ports Authority.


For the MODEL


i. Agriculture, Corporative Development Bank; ii. Forestry Development Authority; iii. Roberts International Airport; iv. National Social Security and Welfare Corporation.


10. Public Corporations allocated to the Political Parties and Civil Society are as follows:


i. Agriculture Industrial Training Board; ii. Liberia Domestic Airport Authority; iii. Liberia Mining Corporation; iv. Liberia National Lotteries; v. Liberia Rubber Development Unit; vi. Liberia National Oil Company; vii. Monrovia Transit Authority; viii. National Housing and Savings Bank; ix. National Housing Authority; x. National Insurance Corporation of Liberia.


10. A total number of twenty-two (22) Autonomous Agencies/Commissions shall operate under the Transitional Government. These include Commissions that have been established under the Peace Agreement.


11. They are:


i. Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization ii. Bureau of General Auditing iii. Bureau of Maritime Affairs iv. Bureau of State Enterprises v. Bureau of Budget vi. Center for National Documentation and Records vii. Civil Service Agency viii. Cooperative Development Agency ix. General Service Agency x. John F. Kennedy Memorial Medical Center xi. Liberia National Police Force xii. Liberia Refugee, Repatriation and resettlement Commission xiii. National Bureau of Investigation xiv. National Fire Services xv. National food Assistance Agency xvi. National Investment Commission xvii. National Security Agency xviii. Truth and reconciliation Commission xix. Independent National Human Rights Commission xx. Governance Reform Commission xxi. Contract Monopolies Commission xxii. National Elections Commission.

12. The following Autonomous Agencies/Commissions have been allocated to Warring Parties:


For the GOL i. Bureau of the Budget; ii. National Security Agency.


For the LURD


i. General Service Agency; ii. National Investment Commission;


For the MODEL


i. Bureau of Maritime Affairs; ii. Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission;


12. Autonomous Agencies allocated to Political Parties and the Civil Society are as follows:


i. Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization; ii. Bureau of General Auditing; iii. Bureau of State Enterprises; iv. Center for National DOC and Records; v. Civil Service Agency; vi. Corporative Development Agency; vii. John F. Kennedy Memorial Medical Center; viii. Independent National Human Rights Commission; ix. Liberia National Police Force; x. Truth and Reconciliation Commission; xi. The National Bureau of Investigation; xii. National Fire Services; xiii. National Food Assistance Agency; xiv. Contracts and Monopolies Commission; xv. National Elections Commission; xvi. Governance reform Commission.


19 Aug. 03