ABOUT MONIE CAPTAN
Liberian politician who was foreign minister of Liberia from 1996 to 2003, as well as the former minister of Presidential Affairs.
He was a local businessman and owned an independent Liberian newspaper.
He served mostly under President Charles Taylor and was one of several Liberian elites who were not members of Taylor's NPFL to be appointed to high level positions.
His mother was a native of Liberia and his father was Lebanese.
He and Ellen Johnson were both politicians from Liberia.