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Inches Johnson Sirleaf (* 29 October 1939) is since 16 January 2006 president of Liberia. She is the first woman, who attained the office of a head of state in Africa by a choice.

Life

Johnson Sirleaf already made their graduation qualifying for a study in Harvard 1955. It is verwitwet, has four sons and six Enkelkinder. Their grandfather originated from Germany. "The father of my nut/mother was a German dealer in Greenville in the province Sinoe. He married there a Marktfrau of the country, said my grandmother ", her in January 2006 in an interview with the British BBC. Contrary to most members of the Liberian Oberschicht it does not have afroamerikanischen ancestors.

Vocational career

It studied Harvard at the university and was from 1972 to 1973 financial minister (Secretary OF State for Finance) under president William Tolbert. From 1982 to 1985 she was vice-president Citibank for Africa in Nairobi.

1985 applied it for a seat in the senate. Their refusal of the regime of Samuel Doe, existing since 1980, led to its arrest and condemnation to ten years prison. After short time it was released again and went into the exile. In the years 1986 to 1992 she was vice-president of the Equator bank in Washington (D.C.), afterwards until 1997 chief of the development program of the United Nations for Africa. Besides it was active for the World Bank as well as a number of further institutions and wrote several books concerning African economic policy.

During the Liberian civil war it supported first Charles Taylor against Doe, expressed themselves however later against it. With the presidency elections of 1997 she stood as a candidate unsuccessfully against Taylor. It reached 9.58% of the voices, while Taylor won the choice with 75,33% of the voices. 1999 belonged it to the seven personalities, which was assigned by the organization for African unit the investigation of the genocide in Rwanda.

1972-1973: Financial state secretary of the Liberian government
1980-1985: Minister of Finance of the Liberian government
1982-1985: Vice-president of the Africa regionally Office Citibank, Nairobi
1986-1992: Vice-president and member of the board of the Equator bank, Washington (D.C.)
1992-1997: Director of the UN development of programs regionally office for Africa
1997: Party boss of the Unity party
2004-2005: President of the Commission on Good Governance (Liberia)
2005: Party boss of the Unity party; Candidate for the office of the president

In addition Johnson Sirleaf was:

Initial member internationally institutes for of the Women in Political Leadership
Member OF the Advisory board OF decaying Africa Growth and Investment company
Member OF the Finance Committee OF decaying Africa find of manager
President of the Liberian bank for development and Investment
President of the Kormah development and Investment corporation
Senior Loan Officer of the World Bank
Vice-president Citibank

Presidency elections 2005

To Taylors forced resignation in October 2003 it returned to Liberia and supported the interim government of Gyude Bryant. With the presidency elections 2005 she was the candidate of the United party, whose guidance had taken over her. In the first ballot on 11 October 2005 it reached the second place with 175.520 voices and/or 19.8 % after the former soccer player George Weah, which reached 28.3% of the voices. On 8 November 2005 Johnson Sirleaf with 57,9 % of the voices won the ballot against Weah, which deplored irregularities during the counting. Their victory was confirmed on 23 November 2005 despite the pending complaint by the electoral committee.

Inches Johnson Sirleaf one inserted on 16 January 2006 as a successor of Gyude Bryant into its office.