On Nov. 23,2005, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia, becoming Africa’s first democratically elected female head of state. She guided her nation through recovery after its exit from a decade-long civil war and ushered the country’s first peaceful transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents since 1944.
History: November 23, Liberia Elects Its First Woman President
On Nov. 23,2005, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia, becoming Africa’s first democratically elected female head of state. She guided her nation through recovery after its exit from a decade-long civil war and ushered the country’s first peaceful transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents since 1944.
