E. Reginald Townsend

Edison Reginald “Reggie” Townsend (July 23, 1917 – April 22, 1980) was a Liberian journalist and statesman known for the establishment of Liberia’s Information Services. He served as Secretary of Information and Cultural Affairs under President William V. S. Tubman, and as Minister of State for Presidential Affairs under President William R. Tolbert. In 1979 he was elected National Chairman of the True Whig Party. Following the coup d’etat of President Tolbert on April 12, 1980, he and several other members of the Tolbert administration were put on trial and without due process executed by firing squad on April 22, 1980.