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Mary Tanyonoh Broh (born in 1951) is the current mayor of Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia. She first served the Liberian government in March 2006 as the Special Projects Coordinator for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's executive staff. In 2007, she was promoted to direct the Passport Bureau in a successful attempt to curtail and eliminate corruption and bribery within the division.〔("Passport Boss Tightens Grip On Floating Passport" ), ''The Analyst'', 9 August 2007. Retrieved on 19 March 2010.〕 In 2008, Broh became the Deputy Director of the National Port Authority.〔("Broh to hit Chief Compound" ), ''InProfile Daily'', 8 May 2009. Retrieved on 19 March 2010.〕 In February 2009, she was selected to serve as Acting Mayor of Monrovia in place of the previous mayor, Ophelia Hoff Saytumah, in the President's effort to legitimize the Monrovia City Corporation's (MCC) administrative and financial management.〔("The Journey of Mary Tanyonoh Broh: From a Difficult Childhood to Acting Mayor of Monrovia" ), Nabie's Blog, Posted on August 5, 2012〕 Although Broh was seated in February 2009 by appointment, rather than by the usual democratic election process, she was not officially confirmed by the Liberian Senate.〔("What’s Next For Mayor Broh? Can She Transform Monrovia into a Clean Urban City?" )〕 Broh has worked to clean up the capital city with measures that include city-wide litter reduction campaigns aimed to increase public awareness of litter, sanitation, and overall public health.〔("Thousands Clean Up Monrovia Tomorrow" ), ''The Informer Online'', 5 June 2009. Retrieved on 18 March 2010.〕 In October 2009, she implemented the revised City Ordinance No. 1, originally established by the MCC in 1975 to address public health, sanitation, and street vendors. The revision sought to address issues that have accumulated in the capital over the last two decades such as overflowing and unsanitary trash, makeshift structures and unregulated street vendors who sell foodstuffs to locals and tourists alike.〔("City 'Ordinance #1' Takes Effect Today" ), ''The Informer Online'', 1 October 2009. Retrieved on 18 March 2010.〕 She has also worked closely with government officials to address squatting, political corruption, and overpopulation, mainly caused by internally displaced persons that flocked to Monrovia from the hinterland during the civil wars that erupted in the 1980s and 1990s under Samuel Doe and Charles Taylor.〔( "Monrovia" ), Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities, 2000〕〔("Mary Broh Broadens Somalia Drive" ), People To People: Liberia Online News,〕 == Initiatives == Not long after her appointment as Acting Mayor of Monrovia by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Mary Broh struggled to gain the confidence of the Legislature as her prolonged "acting" status was called into question on several occasions.〔("Prolonged Acting Status of Mayor Broh Claims Rep. Smith's Attention" ), Legislature of Liberia〕 Mary Broh's efforts to clean and improve the capital's landscape through task force initiatives rankled various elements of the community. In September 2009, Muslim residents in Monrovia expressed concern over the Special Presidential Task Force to clean the city streets after an incident at the Benson Street mosque created an inconvenience for worshipers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Despite remarkable progress in a short period of time, the Special Presidential Task Force was dissolved to make way for the Monrovia City Corporation to execute such duties.〔("'No One Group Better Than the Other' - President Johnson Sirleaf Assures Liberian Muslims" ) Executive Mansion Press Release, September 2009〕 The Monrovia City Corporation, the governing body of Greater Monrovia District through which the mayor's office enacts, employs and oversees execution of municipal functions, laws and ordinances, vastly rehabilitated formalized waste management and public health initiatives since 2009 under Mary Broh's leadership. Her commitment to transparency and environmental consciousness garnered the support of the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and several other international aid organizations.〔("IDA at Work in Liberia: Digging out Monrovia from the Waste of War" ) The World Bank, August 2009〕〔("DIG's support to the city under the Gates Foundation-funded Global Program for Inclusive Municipal Governance (GPIMG)" ) Development Innovations Group, 2009〕 Mary Broh's controversial methods of creating a cleaner, safer Monrovia drew fans and critics alike from all walks of life in Liberia. Her hardline tactics even spawned popular tee-shirts with the caption "Don't Raze Me Broh," a salutatory nod to her zoning and ordinance-enforcing campaign throughout the capital.〔("Don’t Raze Me Broh" ) John Etherton Blog, July 2009〕 More progress came to Monrovia in 2010 when Mary Broh enlisted her staff at the MCC to clean polluted beaches, install portable toilets, and demolish dilapidated buildings left abandoned and bullet-ridden after the 14-year civil war. However, these efforts created a rift in public perception in Liberia and abroad: many found the acting mayor's tactics heavy-handed and lacking empathy for poor and working-class populations of Monrovia.〔("For Liberia’s Other “Iron Lady,” Kudos, Criticism — and Mostly Respect" ) The DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy, December 2010〕〔('Liberia: Mary Broh Gets Plaudits Urban Renewal Policy" ) The Informer, Posted on allAfrica.com, August 2010〕 Mary Broh's anti-corruption and transparency initiatives in the capital focused the spotlight on Liberian companies that often benefited from their connections to government officials. Mary Broh was accused of steering contracts and business away from "corrupt" Liberian contractors, many of which lobbied the World Bank and the Executive Branch to intervene.〔("Liberian Companies Complain City Mayor, Mary Broh to World Bank" ) Global News Network Liberia, June 29, 2010〕 A hallmark of Mary Broh's tenure as mayor is the re-enactment of City Ordinance Number One, originally passed in 1975 under the Tolbert administration and revised in 1988 under the Doe administration. The MCC under Mary Broh revitalized the ordinance in an effort to enforce environmental standards for cleanliness and public health while allocating almost 30% of World Bank funds dedicated to Monrovia's waste management issue.〔("What’s Next For Mayor Broh? Can She Transform Monrovia into a Clean Urban City?" ), New Narratives: Africans Reporting Africa, July 28, 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary Broh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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