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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa. [ 2] Sirleaf was born in Monrovia to a Gola father and Kru -German mother. She was educated at the College of West Africa.
2011 Nobel Peace Prize. From left to right: Karman, Gbowee, and Johnson Sirleaf "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work." The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to three female political activists. Two African and one Asian female were awarded for ...
t. e. The president of the Republic of Liberia is the head of state and government of Liberia. The president serves as the leader of the executive branch and as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Liberia . Prior to the independence of Liberia in 1847, executive power in the Commonwealth of Liberia was held by the governor of Liberia, who ...
Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman ( Arabic: توكل عبد السلام خالد كرمان, romanized : Tawakkul 'Abd us-Salām Khālid Karmān; also romanized Tawakul, [ 4] Tawakel; [ 5][ 6][ 7] born 7 February 1979 [ 7]) is a Yemeni Nobel Laureate, journalist, politician, and human rights activist. She leads the group "Women Journalists ...
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The idea of the market women's fund emerged from discussions between President Sirleaf and a group of women outside of Liberia who, in 2004, had written Liberian Women Peace Makers: Fighting for the Right to be Seen, Heard and Counted. In December 2005, ten days after the Liberian election, the group decided to create the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ...
The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development, also known as the EJS Center, is an organization to encourage and develop women in leadership roles in Africa. Founded by the former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2018, the organization aims "to be a catalyst for change across Africa, by helping unleash its ...
William Richard Tolbert Jr. (13 May 1913 – 12 April 1980) was a Liberian politician who served as the 20th president of Liberia from 1971 until his assassination in 1980.