Profile of the Deputy Minister for Economic Management

Mr. Dehpue Y. Zuo: Deputy Minister for Economic Management, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. Prior to his appointment, he directed the National Telecommunication Information and Administration (NTIA) at the Tohono O’odham Community College in Arizona, USA. Formerly Co-founder and Executive Director of Partnership for Sustainable Development in Liberia (PSDL), a non-governmental institution focused on macroeconomic policy, development policy and planning, and the domestication and implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) interventions in Liberia.

He served as Deputy Minister for International Cooperation and Economic Integration, and Assistant Minister for International Cooperation and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Liberia respectively. Macroeconomist/Policy Analyst with the Liberia Macroeconomic Policy Analysis Capacity Building Project (LIMPAC), Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs and served on the Board of Trustees of two colleges in the Republic of Liberia - Liberia International Christian College and Nimba County University.

Mr. Zuo is a development practitioner, with interest in economic and social development policy research and analysis. He has worked on several economic development policy documents in Liberia. He holds Master of Science degrees in Applied Economics (2022) and Economic Development (2007) respectively, from the Southern New Hampshire University, New Hampshire in the United States of America (USA). He also obtained Master of Arts degree (2005) in Community Development from North Park University, Illinois, USA. He did his Bachelor of Science in Economics (2001) at the University of Liberia. Mr. Zuo is married with six children and two grandchildren.