Tamba Taylor

Tamba Taylor, also spelled "Tailor," (September 1898October 2000) was a long-serving paramount chief of the Kissi people, Lofa County, Liberia. He served on various national commissions, most notably the National Unification Programme Taylor of President William Tubman.

During the First Liberian Civil War, following the creation of the Liberian National Transitional Government, Taylor's name was proposed as a potential chairman of the Council of State (a provisional collective Presidency) by National Patriotic Front of Liberia leader Charles Taylor (no relation to Tamba Taylor). The 21 December 1994, Accra Agreements outlined that Tamba Taylor would chair a new Council of State, but the Accra Agreements were never implemented. Tamba Taylor became one of six members of the Council of State chaired by Wilton G. S. Sankawulo and installed on 1 September 1995. When the Council of State was restructured after the 1996 Abuja Accords, Tamba Taylor retained his seat on the council. However, Tamba Taylor's participation on the Council of State was largely symbolic; in practice he was often excluded from proceedings or unable to follow the conversations due to language barriers.

Taylor died in October 2000. He was succeeded as paramount chief by his son Momo S. Taylor. A community hall in Foya District, the Tamba Lamie Taylor Council, is named after Taylor.