By 2006, Urey was serving as chairman of the board of directors of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL). He retired from the board of directors and as chairman in 2012. In February 2014, Urey was among four officials to speak during a hearing conducted by a joint committee of the [[Legislature of Liberia]]. This was in response to an audit report which indicated that during his chairmanship, over US$100,000 was paid by NOCAL to lawmakers. Urey confirmed that he paid US$50,000 in lobbying fees to legislators. Urey borrowed the money from the [[Liberia Petroleum Refining Company]] to lobby the legislature for oil contracts. The admission amounted to bribery under Liberian law, as the lobbying fees were paid to legislators directly.
By 2006, Urey was serving as chairman of the board of directors of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL). He retired from the board of directors and as chairman in 2012. In February 2014, Urey was among four officials to speak during a hearing conducted by a joint committee of the [[Legislature of Liberia]]. This was in response to an audit report which indicated that during his chairmanship, over US$100,000 was paid by NOCAL to lawmakers. Urey confirmed that he paid US$50,000 in lobbying fees to legislators. Urey borrowed the money from the [[Liberia Petroleum Refining Company]] to lobby the legislature for oil contracts. The admission amounted to bribery under Liberian law, as the lobbying fees were paid to legislators directly.
In July 2014, the LACC announced it had forwarded the corruption cases against Urey and others to the [[Ministry of Justice (Liberia)|Ministry of Justice]]. By March 2015, Urey, among other NOCAL officials, was indicted by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC). The group was charged with “bribery, misapplication of entrusted properties, criminal facilitation, criminal conspiracy and economic sabotage”. Urey’s lawyers would request a separate trial for Urey. The motion failed. The court would ultimately drop the cases, due to [[statute of limitations]].
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Clemenceau Blayon Urey Sr. is a Liberian businessman and politician.
Biography
Clemenceau Urey received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Liberia in 1972. In 1974, he received a Master of Public Administration degree from Syracuse University in the United States. In 1983, he received a Master of Business Administration in finance from the Virginia Commonwealth University in the U.S.
Urey began serving as the president of the Liberia National Olympic Committee (LNOC) in 2000. In late 2003, Urey was impeached as president as expelled as a member by the executive committee. This was following the misuse of aid money from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The misuse of funds triggered mutual accusations of financial impropriety between Urey and the executive committee. By June 2004, a group of Liberian athletes threatened to boycott that year’s Summer Olympics if Urey wasn’t reinstated as LNOC president. The group was lead by Kouty Mawenh, Sayon Cooper, and Bill Rogers. In the 2004 Olympics, Liberia would ultimately only present two competitors, one man and one woman. Mawenh would attribute the lack of Liberian representation to Urey’s removal.
POLITICS
By 2006, Urey was serving as chairman of the board of directors of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL). He retired from the board of directors and as chairman in 2012. In February 2014, Urey was among four officials to speak during a hearing conducted by a joint committee of the Legislature of Liberia. This was in response to an audit report which indicated that during his chairmanship, over US$100,000 was paid by NOCAL to lawmakers. Urey confirmed that he paid US$50,000 in lobbying fees to legislators. Urey borrowed the money from the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company to lobby the legislature for oil contracts. The admission amounted to bribery under Liberian law, as the lobbying fees were paid to legislators directly.
In July 2014, the LACC announced it had forwarded the corruption cases against Urey and others to the Ministry of Justice. By March 2015, Urey, among other NOCAL officials, was indicted by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC). The group was charged with “bribery, misapplication of entrusted properties, criminal facilitation, criminal conspiracy and economic sabotage”. Urey’s lawyers would request a separate trial for Urey. The motion failed. The court would ultimately drop the cases, due to statute of limitations.
