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1. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

2. Liberia __Geography__- Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivorie and Sierra Leone. The climate is tropical, hot, humid, dry winter with hot days and cool nights and wet cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers. The land is mostly flat with mountains in the north. __Economy__- Liberia is a low income country that relies heavily on foreign assistance. Government mismanagement and Civil War destroyed morst of Liberia's economy. Liberia exports ruber, iron, timber, coffee, diomands, and cocoa. 80% of the country is below the poverty line. __Population__- 3,786,764 people __Social Structure__- There are 9 major ethnic groups in Liberia. This includes the Kpelle, Bassa, Grebo, Gio, Mano, Kru, Lorma, Kissi, and Gola.

3. The current President of Liberia served as a Minister of Finance under President William Tolbert from 1979 until 1980. After she left Liberia she held senior positions at variouos financial institutions. She was elected President in 2005 and took office on January 16, 2006. sirleaf is the first and currently only elected female Head of State in Africa.

4. President Sirleaf met with President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivorie to repair relations between the two countries following their support of the movement for Democracy during the second Liberian Civil War. Liberia also has a traditional ally with the United States. After the establishment of AFRICOM by the United States Military, Sirleaf offered to allow the United States to headquarter in Liberia. She also asked the United States for American support to help her country, "becomea brilliant beacon, an example to Africa and the world of what love of liberty can achieve.” Sirleaf has also strengthened the relation with China, reaffirming Liberia's commitment to the One-China Policy. In return, China has helped reconstruct Liberia.

5. __Safety Rule and Law__- 50 This is somewhat good because their national security is fairly high, but their rule of law is low. __Participation and Human Right__- 51 This is pretty good because their gender equality is really because for one the president is a woman, so women do have a lot of rights and have a role in the government. __Sustainable Economic Opportunity__- 29 The country's infrastructure is very low because of it's need for help to rebuild the country after it's Civil Wars. They are still trying to restore and improve basic economic activity and livelihood in Liberia by rehabilitating roads, bridges and health, civic and educational buildings. __Human Development__- 42 Education was mostly effected by the First Liberian Civil War and the Second Liberia Civil War. Currently higher education is centered around the colleges in Liberia. Conditions in Liberia were bad before the Civil War and they continued to get worse. Although some progress has been made in getting better health facilities. International relief organizations formed hospitals for the country's health care needs.

6. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been awarded several awards on freedom of speech and many other things like the Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger.

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