In 2005 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia. Not only is she the first female head of state in Africa, but is the first elected president after the Liberian civil war. On January 16, 2006 she was sworn into office and began to tackle the enormous challenge of rebuilding the infrastructure while interacting with the international community—including pressures from the international finance community.
Learn more about this amazing head of state by watching the
World Focus video reports, where she is interviewed by Lynn Sherr. President Johnson Sirleaf met with President Obama in 2010 (
White House video)(
transcript) and also announced her plans to run again, in the October 2011 elections.
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