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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

1938 - Today

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) 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.Sirleaf was born in Monrovia to a Gola father and Kru-German mother. She was educated at the College of West Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has received more than 2,691,919 page views. Her biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the 1,724th most popular politician (up from 2,122nd in 2019), the most popular biography from Liberia and the most popular Liberian Politician.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is most famous for being the first woman to be elected president of Liberia. She served as president from 2006-2018.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ranks 1,724 out of 15,577Before her are Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Hiero II of Syracuse, Hu Yaobang, Publius Clodius Pulcher, Levi Eshkol, and Marie Walewska. After her are Bumin Qaghan, Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, Richard von Weizsäcker, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Theuderic IV, and Alexios IV Angelos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ranks 30Before her are Rod Laver, Giuliano Gemma, Mireille Darc, Klaus Schwab, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Bernie Madoff. After her are Liv Ullmann, Albert Fert, Abulfaz Elchibey, Heinz Fischer, Jean Giraud, and Giorgetto Giugiaro.

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In Liberia

Among people born in Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ranks 1 out of 20After her are George Weah (1966), Charles Taylor (1948), Samuel Doe (1951), William Tolbert (1913), Leymah Gbowee (1972), William Tubman (1895), Charles D. B. King (1875), Amos Sawyer (1945), Moses Blah (1947), Gyude Bryant (1949), and Edwin Barclay (1882).

Among POLITICIANS In Liberia

Among politicians born in Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ranks 1After her are Charles Taylor (1948), Samuel Doe (1951), William Tolbert (1913), William Tubman (1895), Charles D. B. King (1875), Amos Sawyer (1945), Moses Blah (1947), Gyude Bryant (1949), Edwin Barclay (1882), and Joseph Boakai (1944).

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