Ellen Sirleaf
Ellen Sirleaf
The Nobel Peace Prize 2011
Co-nobelists: Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman
Photo Sean Hurt, Wiki. Painting Tim Tompkins PaintHistory.com
Name: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Birth: 29 October 1938, Monrovia, Liberia
Role: President of Liberia
Award: “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.”
Portion of Cash: 1/3
Prize motivation: “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.”
Nobel Cash Medal & Philanthropy
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, to celebrate her 75th birthday, donated 1,000 reflector jackets to the Motorcyclists Union in the area. She did so to promote safety.