2010 in Liberia
# 2010 in Liberia

Events in the year 2010 in Liberia.

## Incumbents

* President: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
* Vice President: Joseph Boakai
* Chief Justice: Johnnie Lewis

## Events

* February 26 – Clashes in Voinjama between Christian and Muslim communities result in the death of four people, eighteen people being injured, and the imposition of a curfew in Lofa County by the Liberian government.
* March 18 – United States President Barack Obama extends Deferred Enforcement Departure to Liberian nationals through September 2011.
* May 27 – The Gender Equity in Politics Act, which sought increase women's involvement in politics by mandating 30% of the elected officials to be women is proposed in the Legislature of Liberia.
* May 28 – Alleged Russian drug smuggler, Konstantin Yaroshenko, is arrested by Liberian authorities.
* June 29 – Liberia receives $4.6 billion of debt relief from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
* July 26 – Catholic Prelate Robert Tikpor serves as the national Independence Day orator.
* September 15 – The United Nations Security Council extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia by one year.
* September 16 – The Paris Club pardons $1.2 billion dollars of Liberia's debt.
* November 3 – President Sirleaf dismisses her cabinet.
* December 17 – The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 1961, renewing its arms embargo on Liberia for a year.

## Deaths

* August 19 – David D. Kpormakpor, former Chairman of the Interim Council of State and Supreme Court justice, in New York City, U. S. (b. 1935)
