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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

b. 1938 · 20th century

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a Liberian economist and politician who was elected president in 2005, the first elected woman head of state in Africa. Taking office in 2006 after the civil wars, she led reconstruction, debt relief and the response to the Ebola epidemic of 2014. She shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 and left office in 2018.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ellen-johnson-sirleaf
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