アフリカ初の女性大統領
2006年1月16日アフリカ初の女性リベリア大統領就任式
アメリカ・ファースト・レディー、ローラ・ブッシュ氏、や アメリカ・ライス国務長官 や アフリカの国家元首の多数が式に出席する。
日本
外務本省
リベリア共和国大統領就任式典への総理特使の派遣について
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/annai/honsho/seimu/ito/liberia_06/
わが国は、1月16日（月曜日）にリベリア共和国の首都モンロビアで開催される予定のエレン・ジョンソン＝サーリーフ大統領就任式典に伊藤信太郎外務大臣政務官を総理特使として派遣する。
「鉄の女」 リベリア次期大統領 エレン・ジョンソン・サーリーフ氏
Published Saturday, January 14, 2006
Florida kids to see swearing-in of Liberian president, grandmaThe Associated Press
DELAND, Fla.
Liberian president-elect Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has been called the "Iron Lady," someone who fearlessly challenged the most powerful Liberian warlord.Two Florida children have another name for her: grandma.
Jamell Sirleaf, 9, and Amina Sirleaf, 7, will be part of a group of dignitaries in Liberia on Monday for the swearing-in of their grandmother, Africa's first female head of government.
The two will be at the ceremony in Monrovia, Liberia's capital, joining dignitaries such as first lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. They will be accompanied by their mother, Helen Joseph, who fled from Liberia at the age of about 13. The children's father is James Sirleaf, Johnson-Sirleaf's son. Joseph and Sirleaf are divorced, but their grandmother remains close.
And grandma, well, she wanted Jamell and Amina at the historic event.
"Ellen called me and insisted that I take the children," Helen Joseph told the Orlando Sentinel.
Despite her memories of war-torn Liberia, a country of curfews and shootings, Joseph agreed. She said until now she has been afraid to take the children to the country.
Liberia was founded by freed American slaves in 1847. The country has been torn by bloody coups and war since 1980. Around 200,000 people have died in the fighting, and millions have been displaced.
The president-elect will take over a a war-scarred nation where a stunning 80 percent of the working population is jobless. The Harvard-educated economist is a former Liberian finance minister. She has also served with the World Bank and the United Nations. She won the presidency in a November run-off election.
Jamell, meanwhile, had one question about the trip.
"If we're the president's grandkids, why aren't we flying to Liberia in a private jet?" Jamell said.
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Information from: Orlando Sentinel,http://www.orlandosentinel.com
肝っ玉かあさん？！
サーリーフ氏が勝利宣言 アフリカ初の女性大統領へ
【カンパラ１１日共同】西アフリカ・リベリアからの報道によると、同国の選挙管理委員会は１０日、大統領選決選投票の中間集計を公表、元国連開発計画（ＵＮＤＰ）アフリカ局長のエレン・サーリーフ氏（６７）が５９・１％を得票した。サーリーフ氏は同日夜、勝利宣言した。開票率は９１％。確定すればアフリカ初の女性大統領が誕生する。
対立候補でサッカーの元国際的スター選手ジョージ・ウェア氏は選挙で不正行為があったと主張。調査中の選管は、サーリーフ氏の勝利を正式発表していない。ウェア氏の得票率は４０・９％。
（共同通信） - 11月11日17時58分
