On January 16, 2006, Liberia was elected as the first female president in African history.

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, winner of the Liberian presidential election and the "Iron Lady", waves to supporters in the capital Monrovia, November 23, 2005. On the same day, the National Election Commission of Liberia announced that Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf had won the presidential election and became the first democratically elected female president in African history.

On January 16, 2006, the newly elected president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sullyf, took office in the capital Monrovia, becoming the first woman elected president in African history.