General Quinoo, the head of ECOMOG, had invited Doe to the ECOMOG headquarters for a meeting and assured him of his safety from the rebels. Doe was a master sergeant in the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) when he staged the violent 1980 coup d'tat that overthrew President William Tolbert and the True Whig Party, becoming the first non-Americo-Liberian leader of Liberia and ending 133 years of Americo-Liberian rule. Photograph by Sando Moore/AP. Learn how and when to remove this template message, Chairman of the People's Redemption Council, "Liberia: Samuel Doe, death washed down with a Budweiser", "Liberia Executes 5 Members of Ruling Council", "Liberian Criminal Justice System: In Retrospect and Reforms", "Liberia's Truth Commission Holds First Public Hearings in the US | Voice of America - English", Christianity and Politics in Doe's Liberia, "LIBERIA SAYS IT FOILED COUP ATTEMPT (Published 1985)", "Liberian Troops Kill Leader of Attempted Coup", "Candles in the Wind: Resisting Repression in Liberia", "Managing Chaos in the West African Sub-Region: Assessing the Role of ECOMOG in Liberia", "Policing and the Legacies of Wartime State Predation: Evidence from a Survey and Field Experiment in Liberia", "The Politics and Diplomacy of Peacekeeping in West Africa: The Ecowas Operation in Liberia", "On a momentous note, what has befallen our military? 2, chap. Doe became head of state and suspended the constitution, but promised a return to civilian rule by 1985. Best, JW. His seizure of power ended 110 years of rule by the True Whig Party and changed Liberian politics and society in fundamental ways. It did elect two senators in the first post-war election in 2005, and its presidential candidate, Winston Tubman, placed fourth in a large field. When the dust settled, over 80 of Doe's men lay dead. //