James Emmanuel Nuquay

Emmanuel James Nuquay is a Liberian politician. He currently serves as a senator from Margibi County.

Biography Nuquay began serving in the Liberian House of Representatives in 2006. In the 2011, he was elected to represent the Margibi's 5th House district. Prior to this, Nuquay was an economist. By 2012, Nuquay served as the chair of the Ways, Means and Finance Committee, as well as a member of the following committees: Judiciary, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Human and Civil Rights, and Joint Legislative Modernization. In 2014, Nuquay became a founding member of the People's Unification Party (PUP). From October 2016 to 15 January 2018 Nuquay served as speaker of the House of Representatives of Liberia.

Nuquay's term in the House expired in 2018. In 2020, Nuquay resigned from the Unity Party, rejoining the PUP. He also resigned as Director General of the Liberia Civil Aviation Authority.

On 12 December 2023, the United States Department of State imposed a travel ban on Nuquay due to allegations of corruption. Nuquay attempted to have the ban lifted temporarily to allow him to attend United Nations meetings, but Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr. dismissed his case in March 2025.