Which Liberian politician was the granddaugher of a market woman?
Sirleaf Market Women's Fund During 14 years of savage civil war, Liberia’s market women kept food and supplies flowing against terrible odds. As the conflict worsened, they gathered together praying for peace, then protesting and finally politicking in the international arena. After peace took hold, in 2005 they turned their hard-won organizational skills to get out the vote for Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first woman to be elected president—the granddaughter of a market woman.
Elias Saleeby Elias Saleeby is a former Liberian politician. He was at the World Bank, before becoming the Finance Minister of Liberia from July 1997 until February 1999 and Central Bank Governor from 1999 until 11 May 2004, when he resigned after a visit by the International Monetary Fund.