Fallah Varney was a Liberian soldier and one of the leaders of the People's Redemption Council, the military junta that ruled the country after a 1980 coup d'état.
[1] In the wake of the 12 April coup, he took the rank of lieutenant colonel and became the secretary general of the People's Redemption Council, as well as chairing the PRC's commerce and transportation committee.
Varney held office for less than a year: on 27 January 1981, he was driving a car on the highway between Monrovia and Paynesville when his vehicle was involved in a head-on collision.
On 1 February, his body was flown back to Lofa County: a funeral was held at the Voinjama airfield, after which it was returned to Korniadu for burial.
[2] Doe chose Abraham Kollie, the PRC deputy speaker, to succeed Varney as secretary general.