Ruth Perry

Ruth Perry
Chairman of the Council of State of Liberia
In office
3 September 1996 – 2 August 1997
DeputyGeorge Boley
G. V. Kromah
Oscar Quiah
Tamba Tailor
Charles Taylor[1][2]
Preceded byWilton Sankawulo
Succeeded byCharles Taylor (President)
Personal details
Born
Ruth Sando Fahnbulleh Perry

(1939-07-16)16 July 1939
Grand Cape Mount, Liberia
Died8 January 2017(2017-01-08) (aged 77)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyUnity Party
Alma materUniversity of Liberia

Ruth Sando Fahnbulleh Perry (16 July 1939 – 8 January 2017) was a Liberian politician. She served as the interim Chairman of the Council of State of Liberia from 3 September 1996 until 2 August 1997, following the First Liberian Civil War.[3] After eleven international peace attempts between 1990 and 1995 to end the civil war in Liberia, the attempts appeared to succeed. The interim Council of State consisted of a civilian chairman, as well as members of warring factions: Charles Taylor, United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy-K leader Alhaji Kromah, Liberia Peace Council leader George Boley, and two other civilians.

Perry was known for being the first female president of Liberia and of contemporary Africa as a whole.[3] Liberia also has the distinction of electing Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the first elected female African leader in modern times.[4]

  1. ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Oct-Dec 1996". hdl:2027/mdp.39015061931294.
  2. ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. May-Aug 1997". hdl:2027/mdp.39015073049333.
  3. ^ a b "Jenda Journal, "African Women Premier Ministers"". Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  4. ^ Skard, Torild (2014) "Ruth Perry" in Women of Power – Half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol: Policy Press, ISBN 978-1-44731-578-0

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