Doe

Doe, Samuel Kanyon, 1951-90, Liberian military ruler (1980-90). Doe joined the army after the 11th grade, and rose to master sergeant. In 1980 Doe led a group of rebels in a successful coup. President William Tolbert was killed and Doe took power. Initially popular, he maintained ties with Western powers. After winning an apparently rigged election in 1985, Doe narrowly escaped a coup attempt. He repressed opposition, was hostile to neighboring nations and was faced with widespread rebellion by 1989. By mid-1990 all of Liberia except parts of Monrovia was controlled by rival rebel groups. Doe was captured and assassinated in Sept., 1990.

(born May 6, 1950/51, Tuzon, Liberia—died Sept. 9/10, 1990, Monrovia) Liberian soldier and head of state (1980–90). A member of the Krahn ethnic group, Doe led a coup in 1980 that overthrew Pres. William R. Tolbert (b. 1913—d. 1980). He suspended Liberia's constitution until 1984, and in 1985 he won a presidential election widely denounced as fraudulent. His regime was considered corrupt and brutal, and his life was continually threatened by assassination attempts. In the civil war that broke out in 1989, Doe was captured and killed.

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(born May 6, 1950/51, Tuzon, Liberia—died Sept. 9/10, 1990, Monrovia) Liberian soldier and head of state (1980–90). A member of the Krahn ethnic group, Doe led a coup in 1980 that overthrew Pres. William R. Tolbert (b. 1913—d. 1980). He suspended Liberia's constitution until 1984, and in 1985 he won a presidential election widely denounced as fraudulent. His regime was considered corrupt and brutal, and his life was continually threatened by assassination attempts. In the civil war that broke out in 1989, Doe was captured and killed.

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• Doe: a female deer or leporid.

Doe may also refer to:

• Do-re-mi, a system of note learning.
• D.O.E., a United States rapper.
• Doe, a singer from Brooklyn, NY.
• Doe (ethnic group), a people of coastal Tanzania
• Doe language, spoken by the Doe people
• Ernest Doe & Sons, tractor manufacturers and agricultural merchants
• John Doe or Jane Doe a name used as a placeholder for an unknown or anonymous person, especially in a legal context
• Samuel Doe (1951–1990), the president of Liberia
• Do (singer). A Dutch singer. Her name is pronounced as 'doe'.
• Doe - used in Detroit, as another way of saying "hello"
• Doe River, a river in Tennessee, USA

DOE or DoE can be an acronym or initialism for:

• Department of the Environment (disambiguation page)
• the United States Department of Energy
• the Department of Energy in the Philippines
• Design of Experiments
• the Duke of Edinburgh and the The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
• the doctrine of equivalents in patent law
• Dyspnea On Exertion or exertional dyspnea, in medicine
• Depending on experience, mentioned in job offers where compensation is to be negotiated
• any Department of Education (NOTE: U.S. Department of Education's acronym is ED.)
• Distributed Objects Everywhere in distributed computing
• Diffractive Optical Element in optics
• Date of Effect, the date an event comes into effect, used in contracts.
• depending on extra, movies
• Date Of Execution (When sentenced to the death penalty in the U.S. after a while you're given a D.O.E.)
• Depending on Experience (When sentenced to the salary range)
• Dreams of Elwood, an indie rock group from New Zealand
• A Diagram of Effects is a Gerald Weinberg tool for reasoning about non-linear systems.