Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (English: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, October 29, 1938 -) is a Liberian politician. She is the leader of the Liberian Alliance Party. She was elected in the 2005 Liberian presidential election and was the first democratically elected female president of an African country. On October 7, 2011, Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakou Karman jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize "for their non-violent struggle to safeguard women's safety and the rights of women to fully participate in peace-building".