George Weah Retired Professional Footballer Wins Liberia Presidential Election

Retired professional footballer turned politician, George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah, has reportedly won the Liberia Presidential election.

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The 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d’Or winner, succeeds President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in a contest that completes the country’s first democratic transition of power in more than 70 years.

He is the only African player to win FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d’Or.

Source: peacefm

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