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Biographies of important and/or famous Liberians.
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady'
Pending confirmation of election results, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is set to become Liberia's president and the first woman to be elected as head of state in Africa. Johnson-Sirleaf is an economics graduate from Harvard, was Director of the UN Development Program Regional Bureau for Africa, and head of Liberia's Governance Reform Commission set up...