On September 3, 1996, Mrs. Ruth Sando Fahnbulleh Perry was sworn into office as the first female to head the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL). Madam Perry served as the third Interim Chair of the Council of State during the country’s civil crisis from September 3, 1996 to August 2, 1997. Madam Perry previously worked in the Monrovia Office of Chase Manhattan Bank in 1971 and taught at a Sande School as an elder. The Episcopal Prelate noted that the gathering was not to weep for Madam Perry, but to rejoice for a life well lived. She noted Madam Perry had a daunting task to reunite Liberia in a very short period of time.

Source: GNN Liberia February 26, 2017 19:46 UTC