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Which Liberian president did Ellen Johnson Sirleaf finish second to in the 1997 presidential election?

  • Charles Taylor

  • Samuel Doe

  • William Tolbert

  • George Weah

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf finished in second place in the 1997 presidential election, which was won by Charles Taylor. She later won the 2005 presidential election and became the first elected female head of state in Africa.
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