The Nobel Peace Prize 2011
Awarded on: 2011-10-07
"for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work"
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Born: 1938-10-29 in Monrovia, Liberia
Gender: female
Field: President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018
Biography
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 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.