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...quality policy discourse of Johnson-Sirleaf’s administration, saying her government counts many high-level academics and experienced world business leaders. Her administrative dexterity has created optimism about the country’s future, according to Robert I. Rotberg, director of the Kennedy School’s Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution. “She is successfully improving security, jump-starting the economy, transforming agriculture, and, most of all, giving her people a sense of hope after years of mayhem,” Rotberg said. Johnson-Sirleaf has also set a precedent...
...prizes and teaching awards, and the size of Harvard’s endowment—which was around $30 billion at the time of the list’s publication—as factors contributing to her selection. Also on the list is Kennedy School of Government graduate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who was elected in 2005 as the president of Liberia, becoming Africa’s first female leader. Johnson-Sirleaf squeaked in at number...
Several prominent figures who delivered past Gordon lectures at Harvard have been—or have gone on to be—heads of state. The list includes President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia this year; then-President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique in 2004; President Festus G. Mogae of Botswana in 2000; former British Prime Minister John Major in 1999; and former President George H.W. Bush in 1998. And it appears that Pataki aspires to the title of president as well. While he has not officially announced a bid for his party’s nomination in 2008, his political...
...least three Harvard grads are current or soon-to-be national leaders: Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, MPA Class of 1971; Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, MPA Class of 1980; and Mexican President-elect Felipé Calderón Hinojosa, MPA Class...
...years since she’s graduated from the Kennedy School of Government, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has spent time in prison for calling Liberia’s leaders “many idiots,” has been charged with treason by despot Charles Taylor, and has attained the distinction of being Africa’s first elected female head of state. Coming full circle, she returned to her alma mater last night and declared, “I’m pleased to be back.” Sirleaf is president of a country still recovering from the horrors...