George Weah, has been announced as the President-elect of Liberia, West Africa. The Former Ballon d’Or winner becomes 25th president of Liberia after the female president named Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The 51-year-old former World Footballer of the Year won thirteen out of fifteen counties. He defeated the current vice president Joseph Boakai which only got only two counties. The ex-Liberian international played for Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, Chelsea and Manchester City and later returned to France with Marseille. He is the only African to win the coveted Ballon d’Or.
Weah is set to replace Africa’s first female head of state, economist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. His inauguration would be the first time power was transferred from one democratically elected government to another.