Biographie

29 octobre 1938 · Monrovia, Libéria

Ellen Euphemia Johnson

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush on 5 November 2007.

President of Liberia, 16 January 2006 - present. First woman to be elected head of state of an African country.

Aunt of comedian and actress Retta.

I think that unless you have cohesiveness in the family unit, the male character tends to become very dominant, repressive and insensitive. So much of this comes from a lack of education.

Women work harder. And women are more honest. They have less reasons to be corrupt.

The people of Liberia know what it means to be deprived of clean water. But we also know what it means to see our children begin to smile again, with a restoration of hope and faith in the future.

[on Joyce Banda, president of Malawi] She could not have come onto the stage at a better time, particularly since the African Union declared 2010 to 2020 African Women's Decade. She is committed to using her position to improve the lives of women across the continent. She has great strength. I am delighted that I'm not alone in Africa anymore.

If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.