Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh


Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh is a Liberian lawyer and politician who currently serves as associate justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia.

Early life and education

Yuoh was born in Montserrado County and educated at a Catholic high school in Monrovia. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Cuttington University and a Bachelor of Laws from the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, University of Liberia.

Career

Yuoh worked in the Liberian government, as an Assistant Minister for Legal Affairs from 1983-1985 and as the Coordinator of African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1988-1990. From 2000-2003 she worked for the Central Bank of Liberia, where she came under criticism for receiving "excessive Board of Director fees', before serving as Acting Executive Director and then Commissioner of the Law Reform Commission from 2011 until 2013.
In 2013, Yuoh was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, one of two women among the court's five justices.
In April 2016, a Roberts International Airport security office was imprisoned for a week on contempt charges after Yuoh complained that he had disrespected her.
In October 2016, Yuoh lifted a stay order on the holding of the election for Speaker of the House of Representatives, declining Alex J. Tyler's plea that he was removed unconstitutionally leading to the election of her husband's friend Emmanuel Nuquay.
In March 2017, Yuoh was one of the three justices to vote in favour of the controversial new National Code of Conduct which prohibits officials appointed by the President from engaging in political activities.

Personal life

Yuoh is married to politician Edwin Snowe, who was previously married to the daughter of Charles Taylor. She has ten children and two grandchildren.