First female President in Africa -Johnson Hellen Sirleaf

Johnson Hellen Sirleaf went of shoulders with men with the  quote “what man can do, woman can do it better”

Johnson Sirleaf born was on 29th October 1938 in Monrovia, Liberia.

She started her basic education in Monrovia and later admitted into College of West Africa in Liberia where she obtained her first bachelor degree in Economics in the year 1964.

After her first degree, she moved to United States of America to further her education.

She enrolled in Harvard university and bagged her masters degree in Public Administration in the year 1971.

She then went to University of Colorado Boulder and awarded with Certificate in Micro Enterprise Development in 1989.

She started her early politics in the late 1970s when she became the financial administrator for the Liberian government.

She started her fully Politics in the year 1980 when she partnered with President Samuel Doe’s  administration as actvie member.

Unfortunately, Johnson Hellen Sirleaf was arrested and jailed for her touturing in her political activities but she was later released to continue her political participation.

Johnson Sirleaf, was an actvie member the Unity Party where she was advocating for socio economic development of Liberia.

During the Civil war in Liberia, she travelled to America to stay there for couple of years.

When the Civil war ended in 2003, she returned to Liberia and elected as the Chairperson for the Unity Party. She utilize her position to influence many women in the country to support the ideologies of the party.

Many people who thought Politics is only meant for men started involving themselves in domestic politics.

She became a role model to many women in Liberian and Africa at large.

Johnson Hellen Sirleaf, started advocating for a good governance and proper democracy in Liberia which made her popular in the country.

At long last, she had the opportunity to contest for the Liberian Presidential Election  on the ticket of Unity Party in the year 2005.

Due to her popularlity, she won the the presidential election with 54.4% and became the first democratically elected female president of Liberia and first in African history as Head of State.

In her tenure of office as president, she did her maximum best to promote the socio economic development of the country. She also increase the developmental infrastructure and government amenities in the country.

She also promote the political stability that help her to be re-elected into office again by securing 90.7% of the total votes cast.

Her second term of office ended in the year 2018 when she handed over power successfully to George Weah, the current President of Liberia.

She received a Noble Price Award in 2011 for her hardworking  in promoting peace, democracy, human rights and women empowerment in Liberia and Africa.