Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as of January 16, 2006. Terms are 6 years. New one should be coming anytime.
Liberia elected Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as its first female president in 2005. She served as the president of Liberia for two terms, from 2006 to 2018.
There was no President actually named Monrovia. Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia, was named for President James Monroe supported the "return" of free slaves to Africa. These freed slaves would go on to found the country of Liberia.
The first Female president in Africa is Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf President of the Republic of Liberia
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Daniel Edward Howard was the President of Liberia from 1912-1920.
That country is Liberia.
No US president fits this description. There was a senator in Liberia , named John Hanson that was black and has the same name as the first president of the Continental Congress in America.
James Monroe, the president of the United States at the time Liberia was founded
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the President of Liberia in 2012. She became the President of Liberia on 2006 January 16, making her the first female President of Liberia and the only female head of state in Africa.Sirleaf entered politics in 1972 after earning a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, and she served as the Assistant Finance Minister before becoming Finance Minister later in her career. Forced into exile by the 1980 coup, she later raised funds in Liberia's first civil war for the rebellion. After Liberia's second civil war ended in 2003, she served as head of the Governance Reform Commission before becoming president.
Liberia was is called by that name because the purpose for establishing the nation was for the liberty for freedon of the slaves returning from America. The name Liberia comes from the root word "liberty"
ELLEN Johnson Sirleaf