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President of Liberia, 2006–2018
Liberia · b. 1938
Served as President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, the first woman elected head of state in Africa. Previously worked at the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme, and was imprisoned in Liberia in the 1980s. Shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011.
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So I urge my sisters, and my brothers, not to be afraid. Be not afraid to denounce injustice, though you may be outnumbered. Be not afraid to seek peace, even if your voice may be small. Be not afraid to demand peace.
Recorded Oslo City Hall, The Nobel Foundation, 10 December 2011 source
Mine has been a long journey, a lifetime journey to Oslo. It was shaped by the values of my parents and by my two grandmothers – indigenous Liberians, farmers and market traders – neither of whom could read or write. They taught me that only through service is one's life truly blessed.
Recorded Oslo City Hall, The Nobel Foundation, 10 December 2011 source
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