George Weah
Weah in 2004, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah
Place of Birth: Monrovia, Liberia
Date of Birth: 1 October, 1966
Ethnicity: Kru Liberian
George Weah is a Liberian humanitarian, politician, and professional footballer. He has been President of Liberia, from 22 January, 2018 to 22 January, 2024. He was previously a Member of the Senate of Liberia, from 14 January, 2015 to 22 January, 2018. A striker, he played for Bong Range United, Mighty Barrolle, Invincible Eleven, Africa Sports d’Abidjan, Tonnerre Yaoundé, Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, Chelsea, Manchester City, Marseille, and Al Jazira, and the Liberia national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time. In 1995, he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d’Or.
He is the son of Anna Quayeweah, a merchant, and William T. Weah, a mechanic. George was raised in the slum Clara Town, in Monrovia. He is married to Jamaican-American businessperson, philanthropist, and advocate Clar Weah (born Clar Marie Duncan). He has four children; his three children with Clar include professional soccer players/footballers George Weah, Jr. and Timothy Weah.
George practised Islam for a time, and is now Catholic. He is a French citizen, and is fluent in French.
George’s paternal grandmother is named Emma Klonjlaleh Brown. George was largely raised by Emma.
He has sworn in as President of Liberia.
Replace his ethnicity with Kru. But, retain Liberian as a tag.
He was elected President of Liberia in the 2017 election – UPDATE
still no update so far??
A whole week! OMG.
Actually, I don’t usually update these things until they are actually inaugurated into office. When I added Doug Jones, for example, I made no mention of the fact that he’d just won a Senate race.
thank you