Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Liberia) Nobel Prize

1. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Liberian Nobel Peace Prize, Methodist)
2. His election as the President of Liberia

The Subject “Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Nobel Peace Prize, Liberia)” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate in African Business, Ethics, Religion & Business.

Course: Business in West Africa, Christianity & Business.

Masters: International Business, Business in Africa, Religions & Business.

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Languages: or Ellen Johnson Ellen Johnson Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Area of Knowledge: Africa.

Sample - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Nobel Peace Prize, Liberia)

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was born in Monrovia (Liberia) on October 29, 1938. She is considered by Forbes as the most powerful African Women.

1. In 2011, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Leymah Gbowee (Liberia), and Tawakkol Karman (Yemen) in recognition for their non-violent (Ahimsa) struggle for women's safety and rights
2. In 1965, she joined the Liberian Treasury Department
3. In 1979, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected to Minister of Finances of Liberia
4. In 1980, after the coup d´etat; Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf worked at the Liberian Bank for Development and Investment, but she has fled from Liberia
5. She was hired by Citicorp in Nairobi (Kenya), and later she joined the World Bank (U.S.)
6. In 1992, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf joined the United Nations Development Programme working in African affairs
7. In 1997, she resigned to the UN work and returned to Liberia. In the elections; Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was ranked second (first was Charles Taylor)
8. Then; Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf auto-exiled in Ivory Coast where she founded “Kormah Development and Investment Corporation”
9. In 1999; she works in the Organization of the African Unity (today, African Union) committee of the Rwandan genocide
10. In 2003, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf returned to Liberia and was elected to Chairperson of the Governance Reform Commission
11. In 2006, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected as the first female President of Liberia. As the Liberian President, the country has attracted more than 16 billion dollars in FDI, mainly in the mining sector
12. Ellen Johnson was elected Chairperson of the African Peer Review Mechanism (AUDA-NEPAD)
13. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is the President of the Mano River Union, a West African regional integration institution formed by Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
14. She studied at Harvard and the University of Colorado

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is Christian Protestant (Methodist).

More information about Liberia (EENI African Business Portal).

1. Monrovia

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is a Politician of the West African Economic Area.

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