According to wikipedia George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah is the President-elect of Liberia, and a retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
He was born in Monrovia, Liberia on October 1st, 1966 into the family of William T. Weah, Sr. and Anna Quayeweah. He was raised largely by his paternal grandmother, Emma Klonjlaleh Brown and got married to Clar Weah, a Jamaican born.
He was one of the greatest African Player of all time. He became FIFA World player of the year in 1995 and Ballon d'Or, making him the first and till present the only African player to win these awards. He was named African Player of the Century known for his acceleration, speed, and dribbling skills, added to his goalscoring and finishing ability.
He joined the political terrain in the year 2005 through "Congress for Democratic Change" political party he founded in 2003 and rose to the position of a Liberian Senator for Montserrado County.
For the presidential election, george won 13 out of the 15 counties in the country, beating Vice-President Joseph Boakai. Reports said he won with 61.5 per cent of the total votes cast to Boakai’s 38.5 per cent.
Despite that voting in the 2017 presidential election in Liberia was reportedly delayed by a spell of legal tussle and fewer than the expected number of eligible voters turned up to cast their votes, most Liberians’ expectations of a smooth transfer of power, from one elected leader to another, were at the end fulfilled for the first time in 7.3 decades.
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