George Weah Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===2016 presidential bid=== In April 2016, Weah announced his intention to run for President of Liberia in the [[2017 Liberian general election|2017 election]],<ref name="Weah to run for president again">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36166570 |title=Liberia ex-footballer George Weah to run for president again |website=BBC Sport |date=28 April 2016|access-date=25 October 2017}}</ref> standing for the [[Coalition for Democratic Change]]. After winning the first round of the 2017 election with 38.4% of the vote, he and [[Joseph Boakai]] of the [[Unity Party (Liberia)|Unity Party]] went into the second round of the election. In the second round, Weah was elected President of Liberia, winning a run-off against vice president Joseph Boakai with more than 60% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-soccer star 'King George' Weah wins Liberia's presidency |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-liberia-election/ex-soccer-star-king-george-weah-wins-liberias-presidency-idUKKBN1EM1O6|access-date=28 December 2017 |work=Reuters |date=28 December 2017}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page