Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

**Ellen Johnson Sirleaf** (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la **Ellen Eugenia Johnson** silimin gɔli October biɛɣ'pihita yini ka dali yuuni 1938) o nyɛla Liberia siyaasa niŋda ŋun daa nyɛ Liberia tiŋgbani zuɣulana ŋun pahiri pishi ni anahi bini din gbaai yuuni 2006 hali ni yuuni 2018. Sirleaf n-daa nyɛ bɛ ni piigi so tuuli tiŋgbani zuɣulana ŋun nyɛ paɣa, Africa.

Bɛ daa dɔɣi la Sirleaf tiŋa yuli booni Monrovia ka o ba nyɛ Gola ka o ma mi nyɛ  Kru-German. O daa bo la o shikuru baŋsim College of West Africa. O daa naai la o shikuru baŋsim bɔbu United States, ni ka o daa bɔhim Madison Business College,  University of Colorado Boulder n-ti pahi Harvard University. O daa labi na Liberia n-ti tum William Tolbert's gɔmnanti tali ni ka daa nyɛ Deputy Minister of Finance bini din gbaai yuuni 1971 hali ni yuuni 1974. Di nyaaŋa o daa lahi tum West World Bank din be Caribbean mini Latin America. Yuuni 1979, bɛ daa piigi o Minister of Finance ka o daa tum hali ni yuuni 1980.

Di ni daa niŋ ka Samuel Doe deei yaa naai yuuni 1980 ni ŋmɛ n di n toli ka daa yihi Tolbert, Sirleaf daa labi United States. O daa tumdimi n-tiri Citibank mini Equator Bank. O daa labi na Liberia ni o ti kpaɣiri m-bɔ senatorial jintɔri kuɣu zaŋ n-ti Montserrado County yuuni 1985, piibu- piibu shɛli din daa niŋ zabili. Bɛ daa gbaagi o kpari ka di daliri daa nyɛla o ni galim ka fiie sooja gɔmnanti zuɣu (military government) zuɣu yuuni 1985 ka bɛ daa yɛli ni o yɛn niŋla yuun pia sarika ŋɔ ni amaa di nyaaŋa bɛ daa yihi o. Sirleaf nyɛla ŋun daa na kuli tuɣi o siyaasa niŋbu. O daa dɔni buyi zuɣu yuuni 1997 tiŋgbani zuɣulan tali piibu- piibu ni din daa niŋ ka Charles Taylor di piibu- piibu ŋɔ la.

O daa di yuuni 2005 tiŋgbani zuɣulan tali piibu-piibu ka daa piligi tuma silimin gɔli January biɛɣ'pinaayɔbu dali yuuni 2006. Bɛ daa labi piigi o yuuni 2011. Ŋun daa nyɛ tuuli paɣa bɛ ni piigi tiŋgbani zuɣulan Africa.  O daa di Nobel Peace Prize yuuni 2011 ka di nyɛla kpaŋmaŋ shɛli o niŋ zaŋ paɣaba na nangban yini bɔbu soli zuɣu. O nyɛla ŋun deei pina pam o toondan'tali ni. Silimin gɔli June yuuni 2016, bɛ daa piigi Sirleaf Chair zaŋ n-ti Economic Community of West African States ka di daa che ka o leei tuuli paɣa ŋun gbubi lala zaashee ŋɔ tum bɛ ni daa piligi li.

## Family background
Sirleaf's ba daa nyɛla Gola ka o ma nyɛ ŋun laɣim Kru mini German ancestry.

Sirleaf nyɛla Americo-Liberian bee sokam ni saɣiti ni o nyɛla Americo-Liberian. O lamba zaa nyɛla ban zooi Monrovia. 

Sirleaf's ba, Jahmale Carney Johnson nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so niŋ Gola daŋ ni impoverished rural region. O daa nyɛla Gola Naa. O yaba daa nyɛla ŋun chaŋ Monrovia n-ti bo shikuru baŋsim, ni ka o daa taɣi o ba yuli Johnson ka di daliri nyɛla o ba kpaŋmaŋ zaŋ n-ti zuɣulan Hilary R. W. Johnson, Liberia's. Jahmale Johnson nyɛla ŋun zooi Monrovia, ni ka o daa Americo-Liberian daŋ daa wumsi ka o ba yuli daa booni McCritty. Di nyaaŋa o daa kpɛ siyaasa tali ni; ŋun n-daa nyɛ tuuli "indigenous ethnic group" bɛ ni daa piigi country's national legislature.

Sirleaf's ma nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so niŋ fara ni tiŋ yuli booni Greenville. O yaapaɣa Juah Sarwee daa zaŋ Sirleaf's ma tahi Monrovia ni ka o German yidana (Sirleaf's yaba doo) daa kpɛ na tiŋgbani maa ni din daa niŋ ka Liberia yɛli bɛ ni ŋmɛ tɔbuGermany, World War I saha. Cecilia Dunbar ŋun be Americo-Liberian nyɛla ŋun daa kpaɣi Sirleaf's ma ti wumsi.

## Piligu biɛhigu mini tuma
Bɛ daa dɔɣi la Sirleaf tiŋ yuli booni Monrovia yuuni 1938. O daa chaŋ la College of West Africa, shikuru shɛli din mali yaa bin din gbaai yuuni 1948 hali ni yuuni 1955. O daa kuli James Sirleaf saha shɛli o ni daa nyɛ yuun pinaayopɔin. Bɛ nyɛla ban mali bihi anahi ban zaa nyɛ dabba ka daa nyɛ homemaker. Bɛ ni daa tooi kpaɣi taba saha shɛli, James daa tum'dila Department of Agriculture ka Sirleaf mi daa nyɛ bookkeeper n-tiri auto-repair shop.
## Piligu biɛhigu mini tuma
Bɛ daa dɔɣi la Sirleaf tiŋ yuli booni Monrovia yuuni 1938. O daa chaŋ la College of West Africa, shikuru shɛli din mali yaa bin din gbaai yuuni 1948 hali ni yuuni 1955. O daa kuli James Sirleaf saha shɛli o ni daa nyɛ yuun pinaayopɔin. Bɛ nyɛla ban mali bihi anahi ban zaa nyɛ dabba ka daa nyɛ homemaker. Bɛ ni daa tooi kpaɣi taba saha shɛli, James daa tum'dila Department of Agriculture ka Sirleaf mi daa nyɛ bookkeeper n-tiri auto-repair shop.

O mini o yidana daa chaŋ United States yuuni 1961 n-ti tuɣi o shikuru baŋsim bɔbu "degree in Accounting" shikuru yuli booni Madison Business College din be Madison, Wisconsin. Din daa niŋ ka bɛ labi na Liberia, James daa tuɣi o tuma Agriculture Department ka Sirleaf mi daa tumdi Treasury Department (Ministry of Finance). Bɛ daa luhi ka wurim yuuni 1961 ka di daliri nyɛla James' "abuse".

Sirleaf daa labi collagɛ n-ti naai o bachelor's degree. Yuuni 1970, o daa nya BA in economics ka di daa yina University of Colorado Boulder.  Sirleaf daa bɔhim "economics" mini "public policy" shikuru yuli booni Harvard Kennedy School bin din gbaai yuuni 1969 hali ni yuuni 1971 ka daa nya Master of Public Administration. O daa labi Liberia n-ti tumdi administration of William Tolbert ni ka bɛ daa piigi o Assistant Minister of Finance.

Sirleaf daa nyɛla Assistant Minister bin din gbaai yuuni 1972 hali ni yuuni 1973 zaŋ n-ti Tolbert administration. O daa che tuma ŋɔ din daa niŋ ka zɛlisigu be ni gomnanti liɣiri dibu ni. Di yuma ashɛm nyaaŋa, bɛ daa piigi o Minister of Finance bin din gbaai yuuni 1979 hali ni silimin gɔli April yuuni 1980.

Master Sergeant Samuel Doe ŋun be Krahn ethnic group daa deeigi military coup yaa silimin gɔli April biɛɣ'pinaayi yuuni 1980. People's Redemption Council daa deeigi tiŋgbani maa yaa. Bɛ daa piigi Sirleaf zuɣulan zaŋ n-ti Liberian Bank for Development and Investment. Tiŋgbani maa ni niriba pam daa baŋ o silimin gɔli November yuuni 1980 din daa niŋ ka o galim ka fiiɛ Doe mini People's Redemption Council ni bɛ ni gbubi tiŋgbani maa shɛm maa.

Sirleaf daa chaŋ Washington, D.C. n-ti tum ti World Bank. Yuuni 1981, o daa chaŋ Nairobi, Kenya n-ti leei zuɣulan paa zaŋ n-ti African Regional Office of Citibank. O daa che Citibank tuma tumbu yuuni 1985 din daa niŋ ka o kpɛ yuuni 1985 general election in Liberia. O daa chaŋ n-ti tum ti Equator Bank,
## Siyaasa tali tuma

### Yuuni 1985 piibu- piibu

Din daa niŋ ka o tumdi Citibank, Sirleaf daa labi na Liberia yuuni 1985 n-ti leei Jackson Doe zuɣulan paai zaŋ n-ti Liberian Action Party yuuni 1985 piibu- piibu. Bɛ daa gbaai Sirleaf silimin gɔli August yuuni 1985 ka daa yɛli ni o yɛn niŋ la yuun pia  sarika ni ka o gbaabu ŋɔ daliri daa nyɛla o daa yɛli la yɛltɔɣa shɛŋa din nyɛ tɔri zaŋ n-ti Samuel Doe gomnanti tali saha. Pirin la bɛ daa suhi Samuel Doe zuɣu bɛ daa zaŋ o bahi silimin gɔli September. Bɛ daa yihi o tiŋgbani zuɣulan paa tali bɔbu ŋɔ ni ka daa zaŋ o niŋ Senate.

Yuuni 1985 piibu- piibu, Samuel Doe mini National Democratic Party n-daa nya nasara Tiŋgbani zuɣulan tali piibu- piibu maa ni ka daa lahi nyɛ ban galisi jinaduu. Niriba pam nyɛla ban daa bɛ niŋ nintaɣibu ni piibu- piibu ŋɔ. Sirleaf daa nya nasara Senate ŋɔ bɔbu ni amaa ka daa leei zaɣasi jintɔri kuɣ ŋɔ ka di nyɛla niriba pam ni daa bɛ niŋ nintaɣibu ni lala piibu- piibu ŋɔ zuɣu.

Din daa niŋ ka Thomas Quiwonkpa ŋmɛ ka faa Doe gomnanti tali ŋɔ silimin November biɛɣ'pinaayi dali yuuni 1985 nyaaŋa, bɛ daa gbaai Sirleaf kpari yaha silimin gɔli November biɛɣ'pinaata dali. Pirin la o daa zaɣisi o kuɣ ŋɔ zaa yoli bɛ daa bahi o silimin gɔli July yuuni 1986. O daa yi tiŋgbani maa ni chaŋ United States lala yuuni maa.
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*Recipient of the 1988 Roosevelt Institute Freedom of Speech Award
* Ralph Bunche International Leadership Award
* Chief of Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya highest in Kenya 
* Grand commander Star of Africa Redemption of Liberia
* 1996 Commander of the Order of Mono
* 2006 Common Ground Award recipient, Search for Common Ground
* 2006 Laureate of the Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger, The Hunger Project
* 2006 Distinguished Fellow, Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning, Emory University
* 2006 Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws from Marquette University
* 2006 David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award from Synergos
* 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award given by the United States, awarded to Sirleaf by U.S. President George W. Bush on 5 November 2007
* 2008 Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
* 2008 Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Indiana University, Dartmouth College; and Brown University.
* 2009 Awarded the EITI Award for "the rapid progress the country has made towards implementation of the EITI"
* 2009 Awarded Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Tampa
* 2010 Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Yale University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
* 2010 Friend of the Media in Africa Award from The African Editor's Union
* 2011 Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Harvard University
* 2011 African Gender Award
* 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
* 2012 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development
* As of 2014, she is listed as the 70th most powerful woman in the world by *Forbes*.
* In 2017, she was awarded a title in the Nigerian chieftaincy system by Eze Samuel Ohiri of Imo, Nigeria. As a result, she is now the **Ada di Ohanma** of Igboland.
* 2017 - She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2017.
* 2018 Won the 2017 version of the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
## Other honors
Silimin gɔli 2011, Sirleaf daa deei pini din nyɛ Nobel Peace Prize, Leymah Gbowee n-ti pahi Liberia Tawakkol Karman zaŋ n-ti Yemen. Bɛ daa laɣim dibaa ata ŋɔ ka boli "non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."

Sirleaf daa deei Indira Gandhi Prize ŋun daa ti o li nyɛ Indian tiŋgbani zuɣulan Pranab Mukherjee silimin gɔli September biɛɣ'pinaayi dali yuuni  2013. Yuuni 2016, bɛ daa piigi o pahi 83rd-most powerful woman in the world ban daa piigi o ma nyɛ *Forbes* magazine.

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## Lihimi- pahi
* Black Nobel Prize laureates
* List of female Nobel laureates
* *Iron Ladies of Liberia*
* List of peace activists

## Kundivihira

## Sources
* Anderson, Jon Lee. "Letter from Liberia: After the Warlords", *[[The New Yorker]]*, 27 March 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
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## External links

* Liberia Executive Mansion official government website
* "Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority salutes member Ellen Johnson Sirleaf".
** Biography
* Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia includes final report
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* Ellen Johnson Sirleaf collected news and commentary at *[[Forbes]]*
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* https://twitter.com/MaEllenSirleaf?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
* Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | World Bank Live 
**Speeches**
* Address to US Congress in Joint Session 15 March 2006 TXT PDF
* Sirleaf Speaks at U.S. Institute of Peace, 21 March 2006 (audio archive available)
* Liberian President Speaks to Georgetown Community, 17 October 2006
**Profiles and interviews**
* "Profile: Liberia's 'Iron Lady'" on BBC News Online, 23 November 2005
* "Who Is President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf?" on News Ghana, 1 November 2015
* Top 100 Women in Politics: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Ermine Saner, *[[The Guardian]]*, 8 March 2011
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* Ellen Johnson Sirleaf  *[[Freedom Collection]]* interview
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