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Lewis Ambrose·27 December 2017
Former Ballon d'Or winner elected president of Liberia
Former Ballon d'Or winner elected president of Liberia | OneFootball
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Football legend George Weah was voted president of Liberia on Tuesday evening.
The 51-year-old – once of Monaco, PSG, and AC Milan – won 12 of the 15 Liberian counties to see off Joseph Boakai.
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In 1995, Weah became the first African player to ever win the Ballon d’Or.
Weah also had a brief spell in England, featuring for Chelsea and Manchester City in 2000.
The legendary forward has been pursuing a political career in 2005 and now has the platform to start implementing the changes he has been promising.
He becomes the first former footballer to become president of a country in Africa.
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