President of Liberia, responsible for significant debt relief and instigating the investigation of civil war crime

source: The Guardian, Tuesday 8 March 2011

: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features

After years of civil war, a huge swell of support from Liberia’s female voters elected Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in 2005, in the hope that she would change their country, and their lives. “My administration shall empower Liberian women in all areas of our national life,” vowed Africa’s first and only elected female leader, in her inauguration address.

Johnson-Sirleaf was Raised in Monrovia and educated at Harvard. Her involvement in her country’s politics has followed a pattern of challenging powerful men, resulting in several periods of exile. continue reading President of Liberia, responsible for significant debt relief and instigating the investigation of civil war crime

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