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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Recibió un país destrozado por la guerra civil — y lo entregó en paz a su sucesor.
Scorecard KemetLeads
Nuestro método →Twice elected, respected the two-term limit and handed power to the opposition — Liberia's first such transfer since 1944.
P = percentil entre los demás países africanos en los mismos años. Líneas 1–4: evolución del país durante el mandato — un indicio, no una prueba.
Nuestra lectura
Africa's first elected female president took Liberia from post-war rubble to its first peaceful handover since 1944. The corruption criticisms are real; so is the +3.7 governance climb on her watch.
El poder 2006–2018
★ Premio IbrahimTwo terms under the 1986 constitution; left in 2018.
Fuentes: Archigos 4.1 (Goemans, Gleditsch & Chiozza) · golpes de Estado Powell & Thyne V2026.08.29 · conducta frente a los límites de mandato codificada por KemetLeads
El ascenso
Economista formada en Harvard y exministra de Finanzas, «Ma Ellen» conoció la cárcel y el exilio antes de ganar la presidencia en 2005.
Lo que hicieron
She secured billions in debt relief, rebuilt institutions after Liberia's civil wars, and led the country through the 2014–2016 Ebola crisis. She shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing women's rights.
El cuadro completo
Her tenure drew criticism over persistent corruption and accusations of nepotism. But in 2018 she oversaw Liberia's first peaceful democratic transfer of power in over 70 years.
Por qué importa
She broke the continent's highest glass ceiling and showed that post-conflict recovery and democratic handover are possible.
“The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them.”