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...Liberia??s “Iron Lady” returns to her alma mater today, this time participating in the commencement ceremonies from the podium, as this year’s Class Day speaker at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of Liberia, graduated from the Mason Program for international students at HKS in 1971, completing a master’s degree in public administration. She is the first black woman president in the world and the first woman elected head of any African country. “She has been a courageous fighter...
...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...
...least in some ways. Canada has different religious traditions. Most critically, [it] has no ‘South’,” Morck wrote. Boisclair is the second KSG graduate this month to secure a position of leadership abroad following Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s election as Liberia??s next president. Johnson-Sirleaf received a master’s in public administration from...
...With 99 percent of the ballots counted, 1971 KSG alumna and former World Bank economist Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf leads with 59.6 percent of the popular vote, although Liberia??s National Election Commission (NEC) will not officially call the election until tomorrow...
...Johnson-Sirleaf worked for years at the World Bank and within the United Nations. As Liberia??s finance minister, she narrowly escaped death when 13 cabinet ministers were executed by firing squad in a government purge in 1980. She also earned the moniker “The Iron Lady” for her fearlessness in challenging the warlord Charles Taylor for Liberia??s presidency...