liberias office of president is held by ellen johnson sirleaf
following the establishment of united states africa command africom by the united states military sirleaf offered to allow the us to headquarter the new command in liberia the only african leader to do so
 in october 2011 peace activist leymah gbowee received the nobel peace prize in her work of leading a womens peace movement that brought to an end to the second liberian civil war in 2003