Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor (born 28 January 1948) is a Liberian former politician and convicted war criminal who served as the 22nd president of Liberia from 2 August 1997 until his resignation on 11 August 2003 as a result of the Second Liberian Civil War and growing international pressure.

6 days ago · Charles Taylor was a Liberian politician and guerrilla leader who served as Liberia’s president from 1997 until he was forced into exile in 2003. He was widely held responsible for the country’s devastating civil war during the 1990s and for crimes committed during the civil war in …

May 31, 2012 · LEIDSCHENDAM, the Netherlands — Charles G. Taylor, the former president of Liberia and a once-powerful warlord, was sentenced on Wednesday to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities...

Sep 26, 2013 · A UN-backed war crimes tribunal has upheld the conviction of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor of aiding and abetting rebels who committed atrocities in neighbouring diamond-rich Sierra...

President Charles G. Taylor (1997-2003) On August 11, 2003 Charles Taylor resigned as Liberia's 22 nd President after rebel forces had taken control of most of the country's territory and following international pressure.

Sep 26, 2013 · PARIS — An international panel of appeals judges unanimously upheld a 50-year prison sentence on Thursday given to Charles G. Taylor, the former president of Liberia, for committing war...

On the eve of Christmas 1989, Charles Taylor, heading the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), invaded Liberia from Ivory Coast, aided by Gio and Mano opponents to Doe’s regime and with assistance from regular soldiers from Burkina Faso.

May 30, 2012 · The Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor last month of supplying and encouraging rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone in a campaign of terror, involving...

Apr 27, 2012 · The soldiers of Charles G. Taylor, who was found guilty on Thursday of war crimes, ripped apart the lives of a reporter’s family members in the 1990s.

Apr 26, 2012 · Charles G. Taylor, the former president of Liberia and onetime powerful warlord, was found guilty of all 11 charges of crimes against civilians in Sierra Leone during that nation’s civil war in...