Roland Diggs

{{Short description|Liberian politician}}

Roland J. Diggs (1934–2019{{cite web |title=Death Announcement RONALD JOSEPH DIGGS |url=https://www.tlcafrica2.com/death_diggs_ronald.html |website=www.tlcafrica2.com |publisher=TLC Africa}}) was a Liberian Lutheran bishop.{{cite book | last=Chieh | first=A.D.D. | title=The Spectacular Rise and Catastrophic Fall of Three Liberian Presidents | publisher=WestBow Press | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-4908-8337-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kg0vCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT105 | access-date=2022-02-25 | page=105}}

He was born on 11 September 1934. He was elected as Vice President in August 1990 to the interim administration of Amos Sawyer.{{cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200808010619.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232228/https://allafrica.com/stories/200808010619.html |title=Liberia: Prof Amos Sawyer's Life As a Liberian |publisher=AllAfrica |date=1 August 2008 |archive-date=3 March 2016}}{{cite book | title=Liberia | publisher=Central Intelligence Agency | year=1987 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElYD-kYiLtMC&pg=PA301 | language=de | access-date=25 February 2022 | page=301}} He stepped down to concentrate on religious issues and was succeeded in April 1991 by Peter Naigow.{{cite book | author=Mualay Entertainment Communications | title=West African Journal | publisher=Mualay Entertainment Communications | issue=v. 1,nr. 22 -v. 5,nr. 22 | year=1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXLxAAAAMAAJ | access-date=25 February 2022 | page=12}}

He died on 1 March 2019 in Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA.