What was the first African country to have a female president?

President Sirleaf was elected President of the Republic of Liberia
Republic of Liberia
The First Liberian Civil War was an internal conflict in Liberia from 1989 until 1997. The conflict killed around 200,000 people and eventually led to the involvement of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and of the United Nations.
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in 2005, two years after the nation's bloody civil war ended. Her historic inauguration as Africa's first democratically elected head of state took place on January 16, 2006.
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Who was the first African female president?

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf served as president of Liberia (2006–18), being the first woman elected head of state of an African country.
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Which country has a female president in Africa?

She was unanimously elected President by the National Assembly. Sahle-Work Zewde is the first elected female President of Ethiopia and currently the only female out of the 54 Presidents in Africa.
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Where is the first female president in Africa from?

Dubbed "Africa's Iron Lady", Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made history when she became the continent's first elected woman president in 2005.
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Which country has the first female president?

The first woman elected president of a country was Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland, who won the 1980 presidential election as well as three later elections, to become the longest-serving non-hereditary female head of state in history (16 years and 0 days in office).
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First African Elected Female President: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf



Who was the first woman?

Many feminists see Lilith as not only the first woman but the first independent woman created. In the creation story she refuses to allow Adam to dominate her and flees the garden despite the consequences. In order to retain her freedom she must give up her children and in retaliation she steals the seed of Adam.
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Is Liberia a country?

Liberia, country along the coast of western Africa.
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Which country has 2 president?

Under the Venezuelan Constitution, the President of Venezuela is the head of state and head of government of Venezuela.
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How many countries are Africa?

There are 54 countries in Africa today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).
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How old is Liberia?

July 26, 2020 marks the 173rd anniversary of Liberia's Independence. Liberia, which means “land of the free,” was the first nation on the African continent to gain its independence on July 26, 1847.
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Who was Liberia first president?

1848. The Liberian Constitution was ratified and the first elections were held in the new republic. The Liberian colony's former Governor, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, (America's First Look into the Camera), was elected Liberia's first President.
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Who is Ivy Matsepe Casaburri?

Ivy Florence Matsepe-Casaburri (18 September 1937 – 6 April 2009) was a South African politician. She was the second premier of the Free State and South Africa's Minister of Communications from 1999 until her death.
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Who is Dr Mlambo Ngcuka?

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women from August 2013 to August 2021.
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Who is the youngest governor in Nigeria?

Political career

On 16 November 2019, Bello was elected to a second term after he defeated PDP nominee Musa Wada by over 200,000 votes. Bello is the youngest governor in Nigeria and the only governor to be born after the Nigerian Civil War.
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Who is the first female senator in Nigeria?

Franca Afegbua is a Nigerian beautician and politician who represented Bendel North in the Nigerian Senate in 1983. Elected as a National Party of Nigeria (NPN) senator, she was the first elected woman senator in Nigeria. Afegbua was born in Okpella, Edo State.
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Who is the first female in the Bible?

The first woman according to the biblical creation story in Genesis 2–3, Eve is perhaps the best-known female figure in the Hebrew Bible. Her prominence comes not only from her role in the Garden of Eden story itself, but also from her frequent appearance in Western art, theology, and literature.
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Who is the first man and woman in the world?

Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman. They are central to the belief that humanity is in essence a single family, with everyone descended from a single pair of original ancestors.
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Who was the first girl on the moon?

Who was the first woman on the Moon? Unfortunately, no woman has visited the Moon. At the time of Apollo (1969-72), there were no women in the U.S. astronaut corps.
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Who is the most famous female?

1. Oprah Winfrey. Her real name is Oprah Gail Winfrey, born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi.
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Who is the greatest woman in the world?

International Women's Day: Amazing women who have changed the world
  • Jane Austen: 1775 - 1817.
  • Florence Nightingale: 1820 - 1910.
  • Emmeline Pankhurst: 1858-1928.
  • Marie Curie: 1867 - 1934.
  • Coco Chanel: 1883 - 1971.
  • Katharine Hepburn: 1907 - 2003.
  • Mother Teresa: 1910 - 1997.
  • Margaret Thatcher: 1925 - 2013.
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Did the U.S. invent Liberia?

Not quite. Although some freed American slaves did settle there, Liberia was actually founded by the American Colonization Society, a group of white Americans—including some slaveholders—that had what certainly can be described as mixed motives.
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