Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

a. was recently elected as Liberia's first woman president.
b. is the first woman to be elected president of Chile.
c. was the first woman court-martialed for refusing to serve in the Iraq war.
d. has been a leader in the movement to abolish the provisions allowing poor countries to seek assistance under the Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative.


A

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