Chea Cheapoo, Sr. (2 November 1942 – 16 September 2020) was a Liberian politician who served as the 15th chief justice of Liberia from July 1987 until his impeachment and removal from office on December 2 of that year.

[1] Following the overthrow of the Tolbert government in an April 1980 coup, Cheapoo was freed from prison and appointed Attorney General under the People's Redemption Council regime.

[8][9] Soon after taking office, he was accused of illegally ordering the arrest of a probate judge and his wife, Harper S. Bailey and Muna Stubblefield,[10] whom he stated had tried to bribe him with $2,000.

[11] Shortly after his deposition, he was arrested on a charge of defaming President Doe, but he received substantial popular support: he was cheered by crowds of commoners as he went to trial,[15] and the Montserrado County bar association voted to boycott Judge Bailey's courtroom until his removal.

[citation needed] He later became Chairman of the Liberia National Conference, which represented unarmed citizens in the Abuja Accord that ended the First Liberian Civil War.

[17] He testified before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2008 about the events of the 1980 coup, including unsubstantiated claims of CIA involvement contradicted by his former colleagues.