- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the 24th and current President of Liberia, in office since 2006
| Born: | 29 October 1938 Comment | | How old is Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2024? / Age: | 85 years
| | Zodiac sign: | Scorpio |
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf facts
- She served as Minister of Finance under President William Tolbert from 1979 until the 1980 coup d'état, after which she left Liberia and held senior positions at various financial institutions
- She placed second in the 1997 presidential election won by Charles Taylor
- She won the 2005 presidential election and took office on 16 January 2006, and she was a successful candidate for re-election in 2011
- Sirleaf is the first elected female head of state in Africa
- In June 2016, she was elected as the Chair of the Economic Community of West African States, making her the first female to occupy that position since it was formed
- Sirleaf was jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize with Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen
- The women were recognized "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work
- Sirleaf was conferred the Indira Gandhi Prize by President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 12 September 2013
- As of 2014, she is listed as the 70th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes
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