Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia

On November 13, 1985, Sirleaf was arrested again by Doe Army. She was released in July 1986, fled from that country, and flew to the United States later in the year. Sirleaf backed up that Charles Taylor helped fight Doy and collect war money. As a presidential candidate for the solidarity party, she won second place in the election, won 25% of the vote and Charles Taylor won 75% of the vote. Sirleaf soon left the country and remarried again to Abidjan. Sirleaf was re-elected as a presidential candidate in the 2005 general election.

After winning the 2005 national election, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became President of Liberia on January 16, 2006. She worked in the first semester of the 2006 - 11 academic year and was re - elected in the second semester of the 2012 - 17 academic year. Since 2006, Liberia is the only country improving in each category and subcategory of the Ibrahim Africa Governance Index among 54 countries. As a result, during this period the Liberian comprehensive index rose by 10. I am very pleased that the Award Committee decided to make Ellen Johnson Sirleaf a winner of the Ibrahim Prize. In a very difficult situation, she led her country to a peaceful and democratic future and opened the way to the successor. I am proud to see the first woman Ibrahim Rolido. And I hope that Alan Johnson Sirleaf will continue stimulating women in Africa and other countries.

The story of the recovery of Liberia is closely related to the leadership of two Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sirleaf's achievements are symbolic, ladies leading countries destroyed by men, and his international experience and understanding as a technical expert helped to eliminate Liberia's external debt. To put it more simply, as Sirleaf knows, as Liberian women told the BBC last autumn, "It was peace that we secured for us," she said, Ma Ellen's The heritage passed peace last month. The transition to her successor George Weah was integrated.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the first democratically elected women president in Africa. After 15 years of civil war in Liberia, she took office in 2005, restored peace, ended corruption, got clean water and helped Liberia get out of the Ebola crisis in 2014 . In 2011, she received the Nobel Peace Prize. Contribution to Women's Movement We talked with Helen Cooper, a journalist who received the Pulitzer Prize. His new book, "President's Woman: Alan Johnson Sirleaf's Extraordinary Journey" records the historical rise of Surrey.