Historical Figure
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
b. 1938
President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018
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Key Dates
Birth
1938 October 29, 1938 →Biography
Ellen Eugenia Johnson Sirleaf 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.
Timeline
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
November 23 →Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
January 16 →More from the Interwar & WWII
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