Retired footballer George Weah has won the elections in Liberia to become that country's 25th president in the run offs after winning twelve of fifteen counties in the country.
The senator of Montserrado County - once named Fifa World Player and winner of the much coveted Ballon d'or - defeated his 73-year-old opponent Vice President Joseph Boakai in a landslide victory in results announced in Liberia on Wednesday morning.
- I am deeply grateful to my family, my friends, and my loyal supporters who contributed to our campaign during this extremely long election season, Weah said on his Twitter account.
Female Replacement
Weah is set to replace Africa’s first female head of state, economist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and see the West African nation, founded by freed American slaves, hand over power from one democratically elected government to another.
Weah has lived a very fulfilled life, one in which he has achieved a lot. The only player to win the African, European and world footballer of the year titles in one season – in 1995 – the former Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain, Milan and Chelsea striker has a very secure place among football’s legends.
