In this edition of the Hero, we put the spotlight on the late Amos Claudius Sawyer. who was a Liberian politician and academic who served as interim president of Liberia from 22 November 1990 to 7 March 1994.
He was voted into office by 35 leaders representing seven political parties and eleven interest groups.
After a military takeover in Liberia in the 1980s, Sawyer headed the National Constitution Commission, charged with drafting a new constitution as the country transitioned to a democracy.
He spoke out against military pressure on the commission’s work and was imprisoned; he was forced to leave Liberia after his release.
Exile would prove to be a period of growth for Sawyer, during which he spent much of his time at Indiana University as a research scientist, and later as a co-director, at the Ostrom Workshop.