Jewel Cianeh Taylor (née Howard; born 17 January 1963) is a Liberian politician who served as the 30th vice president of Liberia from 2018 to 2024.
[2] In 2005, Jewel Taylor was elected to the Senate of Liberia for Bong County as a member of the National Patriotic Party.
[citation needed] On 21 December 2011, she graduated from the Louise Arthur Grimes School of Law of the state-owned University of Liberia.
[6] In February 2012, Taylor attempted to introduce legislation into the Liberian parliament that would have made homosexual activity a first-degree felony carrying the death penalty as the maximum punishment.
[7] In 2017, Taylor was chosen by George Weah as his running mate on the newly formed Coalition (CDC) ticket.