Which Liberian politician was the granddaugher of a market woman?
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Sirleaf Market Women's Fund During 14 years of savage civil war, Liberia’s market women kept food and supplies flowing against terrible odds. As the conflict worsened, they gathered together praying for peace, then protesting and finally politicking in the international arena. After peace took hold, in 2005 they turned their hard-won organizational skills to get out the vote for Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first woman to be elected president—the granddaughter of a market woman.
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who serves as the 24th and current President of Liberia since 2006. Sirleaf is the first elected female head of state in Africa.
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Dede Dolopei Dede Dolopei is a Liberian civil servant.
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Samuel Doe Samuel Kanyon Doe (May 6, 1951 – September 9, 1990) was a Liberian politician who served as the leader of Liberia from 1980 to 1990. Then Master Sergeant Doe served as chairman of the People's Redemption Council and "de facto" head of state after staging a violent coup d'etat in 1980; he killed President William R. Tolbert, Jr., and executed many of his True Whig Party supporters.
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Elias Saleeby Elias Saleeby is a former Liberian politician. He was at the World Bank, before becoming the Finance Minister of Liberia from July 1997 until February 1999 and Central Bank Governor from 1999 until 11 May 2004, when he resigned after a visit by the International Monetary Fund.
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Georgia E. L. Patton Washington Georgia E. Lee Patton Washington (April 16, 1864 – November 8, 1900) was an American missionary and physician. Following her education, she served as a medical missionary in Liberia. She was the first black woman to become a licensed surgeon in Tennessee.
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William R. Tolbert Jr. William Richard Tolbert Jr. (May 13, 1913 – April 12, 1980) was the 20th President of Liberia from 1971 until 1980, when he was killed in a coup d'état led by Samuel Doe.
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Tom Woewiyu Thomas Jucontee Woewiyu is a former leader of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia. Woewiyu served as Defense minister in the NPFL along with Charles Taylor and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
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Momolu Dukuly Momolu Dukuly (1903 – 1980) was a politician in Liberia. He was the second foreign minister under William V.S. Tubman (Dukuly replaced Gabriel Lafayette Dennis, who died in office in 1954). Dukuly was the first "Native" Liberian to be appointed foreign minister. Dukuly was of Mandingo descent. He was a Muslim in his early life. He, however, left Islam and embraced Christianity before he became foreign minister. He was preceded by Gabriel Lafayette Dennis and was replaced by Joseph Rudolph Grimes.
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Momulu Massaquoi Momulu Massaquoi (1869–1938) was a Liberian politician and diplomat, and a prince of the Vai tribe of Sierra Leone and Liberia. He served as Liberia's consul general to Germany 1922–1930, and appears to be the first indigenous African diplomat to modern Europe.
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Angie Brooks Angie Elizabeth Brooks (August 24, 1928 – September 9, 2007) was a Liberian diplomat and jurist. She is notable for being the only African female President of the United Nations General Assembly. She was also the second woman from any nation to head the U.N.
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John Hanson (Liberia) John Hanson (d. c. 1860) was an African American associated with the American Colonization Society, which sought to relocate black Americans to Liberia. In Liberia, he served as a senator from Grand Bassa County.
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Virginia, Liberia Virginia is a western suburb of Monrovia, located near the Atlantic Ocean on the northern side of the Saint Paul River in Liberia. It was the birthplace of Angie Brooks, the first African female president of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Jeremiah Sulunteh Jeremiah Congbeh Sulunteh (born October 11, 1958, in Gboimu Town, Suacoco, Bong County, Liberia) is the Vice Standard Bearer of Liberia's Alternative National Congress (ANC) political party, and its Vice Presidential candidate for the 2017 Liberia Presidential Elections. Sulunte's career in the areas of administration, teaching, and politics spans more than 30 years.
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Isabel dos Santos Isabel dos Santos (born 20 April 1973) is an Angolan businesswoman. In 2013, according to research by "Forbes", her net worth had reached more than three billion US dollars, making her Africa’s first billionaire woman. She is the daughter of Angola's President José Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled the country since 1979. A "Forbes" magazine article described in 2013 how Isabel dos Santos acquired her wealth by taking stakes in companies doing business in Angola, suggesting that her wealth comes almost entirely from her family's power and connections. In November 2015, the BBC named Isabel dos Santos as one of the 100 most influential women in the world.
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Vera Tembo Vera Tembo (born July 25, 1953) is a Zambian politician and member of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD). She served as the First Lady of Zambia from 1991 until her separation from her former husband, President Frederick Chiluba.
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Liberian general election, 1963 General elections were held in Liberia in 1963. In the presidential election, incumbent William Tubman of the True Whig Party was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed.
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Kimmie Weeks Kimmie Weeks (born December 6, 1981) is a Liberian human rights activist.
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Lewis Brown (Liberia) The Hon. Lewis G. Brown II is the Minister for Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism in Liberia.
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Julia Pearl Hughes Julia Pearl Hughes (Julia P. H. Coleman, Julia Coleman-Robinson) (March 19, 1873 - September 14, 1950), pharmacist, entrepreneur, social activist, and business executive. She was the first African-American woman pharmacist to successfully own and operate her own drug store; much later, she was the first African-American woman to run for elective office in the state of New York.
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J. J. Dossen James Jenkins Dossen (c.1866 – August 17, 1924)) was a Liberian politician and jurist, serving as the Vice President of Liberia from 1906 to 1912 under President Arthur Barclay. He was elected president of the Liberia College in 1913, and associate judge of the Supreme Court of Liberia for 10 years, before holding the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia for 13 years. The J.J. Dossen Memorial Hospital in Harper, Maryland County, the only hospital in south-eastern Liberia, is named after him.
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Nathaniel Brander Nathaniel Brander (1796-?) was an American-Liberian politician and jurist who served as the first Vice President of Liberia (1848-1850), under President Joseph Jenkins Roberts.