# Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

> She broke the glass ceiling on an entire continent: the first woman elected president in Africa, steering Liberia out of civil war's wreckage with a Harvard degree in one hand and a Nobel Prize in the other.

*24th president of Liberia*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ellen-johnson-sirleaf

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1938-10-29
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Born in Monrovia in 1938, Sirleaf studied economics at Harvard before returning to serve in William Tolbert's government as Deputy Minister of Finance in 1973, then Minister of Finance in 1979. When Samuel Doe executed Tolbert in a 1980 coup, she fled to the United States and worked for Citibank. She returned in 1985 to run for senate, was arrested for criticizing the military government, and was sentenced to ten years before her release. She finished second to Charles Taylor in the 1997 presidential election. In 2005 she won the presidency, took office in January 2006, and served two terms through 2018. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for bringing women into peacekeeping, and in 2016 became the first woman to chair the Economic Community of West African States.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 76.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 11.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 46.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #237

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/MaEllenSirleaf (@MaEllenSirleaf)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2770344/ (@nm2770344)

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Economics, #Literature, #20th Century

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