Liberia gets third female chief justice
One of the two female judges now serving on the five-member Supreme Court is Justice Youth.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
Judge Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh has been appointed as the new chief justice by the Liberian senate.
Francis Saye Korkpor, who retired this month after attaining the constitutional retirement age of 70, is replaced by her.
In the 175 years of Liberia's history, Justice Youh becomes the third female chief justice and the first since 2003.
Regarding her age, the judiciary has been mum.
Exactly 13 months before the upcoming presidential and general elections, she rises to the top of the judicial hierarchy.
One of the two female judges now serving on the five-member Supreme Court is Justice You.
A guy named Jamie Quique Gbeisay has been proposed to take her place as the criminal court judge.
Frances Johnson Allison and Gloria Musu Scott served as Liberia's two prior female chief justices.
