Sentences with phrase «female elected head»
Africa's first female elected head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is stepping aside after a maximum two six - year terms.
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In 1993, Kathleen Richardson was elected president of the Conference, becoming the first female head of the Methodist Church and one of just a handful of British denominational leaders who are female.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is stepping down after 12 years as Africa's first elected female head of state.
But it still lags in terms of political representation of women in elected offices, and it is really an exception to the rule in not having elected a female head of state or a woman president.
(In French and English with subtitles) Pray the Devil Back to Hell (Unrated) Feminist documentary chronicles the extraordinary efforts of the group of visionary women who spearheaded the peace movement which led to the end of Liberia's decades - long civil war and the rise to power of Ellen Johnson - Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state.
Eversheds Sutherland has elected the first female chair of its non-US business, with UK financial services head Pamela Thompson winning the vote of partners.