Joseph Boakai

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Joseph Boakai

president of Liberia

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George Weah
Political aspirations
…his nearest challenger, Vice President Joseph Boakai, who represented the UP and received about 29 percent of the vote, advanced to the November 7 runoff election. The election was indefinitely postponed, however, after the Supreme Court ruled on November 6 that the electoral commission could not hold the poll until…
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…his nearest challenger, Vice President Joseph Boakai, who represented the UP and received about 29 percent of the vote, advanced to the November 7 runoff election. The election was indefinitely postponed, however, after the Supreme Court ruled on November 6 that the electoral commission could not hold the poll until…
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Liberia
2017 elections
…potential front-runners: Liberia’s vice president, Joseph Boakai, succeeding Sirleaf as the flag bearer for the UP; former football great and perennial opposition candidate Weah, representing the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC; formerly the Congress for Democratic Change); Charles Brumskine, representing the Liberty Party (LP); and Alex Cummings, a former business…
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…potential front-runners: Liberia’s vice president, Joseph Boakai, succeeding Sirleaf as the flag bearer for the UP; former football great and perennial opposition candidate Weah, representing the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC; formerly the Congress for Democratic Change); Charles Brumskine, representing the Liberty Party (LP); and Alex Cummings, a former business…
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