Former soccer star George M. Weah was sworn in as the 24th President of Liberia on Monday January 22, 2018 at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium in country’s capital Monrovia.
Mr. Weah took over from Africa's first female President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the country's first democratic transfer of power for more than 70 years and this brought a great sense of hope and happiness across the country.
The brief and colorful ceremony was witnessed by over 20 past and present African heads of state, dignitaries and diplomats from Senegal, Mali, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Gambia and other parts of the world.
George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah, 51, won more than 60% of the votes and beat incumbent Vice-President, Joseph Boakai, in a runoff election on December 26.
Former Chelsea soccer star Didier Drogba, Samuel Etoo, Tony Yeboah, Ghana Football Association President Kwasi Nyantakyi, CAF officials and sports personalities from all over the world also attended the ceremony.
Ghana was fully represented at the historic event. Two former presidents JJ Rawlings and John Mahama and sitting President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo were present to support President elect Oppong Weah.
Some celebrities from Ghana including; Actress Jackie Appiah, her manager Samira Yakubu, actor John Dumelo, Socialite/Entrepreneur Confidence Haugen, Fred Nuamah, Van Vicker and others also graced the occasion.
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Samira Yakubu, Jackie Appiah and Confidence Haugen
Liberian Actor Frank Artus
Ghanaian Journalist Jefferson Sackey
Former Nigerian soccer star Jay-Jay Okocha
Samira Yabuku, former Black Stars Coach Claude Le Roy and Fred Nuamah
President Weah and Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
John Dumelo
Jackie Appiah
President Oppong Weah and his family
Confidence, Samira, Mike Ezuronye and Jackie Appiah
Fred Nuamah, Van Vicker and John Dumelo
President Oppong Weah
Confidence Haugen
President Oppong Weah meets President Akufo-Addo
Ghanaian Businessman Ibrahim Mahama, Former Presidents John Mahama, JJ Rawlings and current President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo at the swearing-in of President George Oppong Weah
Fred Nuamah and his girlfriend
Former Ghanaian soccer star Tony Yeboah
President Oppong Weah reading his inaugural speech
Fred Nuamah meets President Oppong Weah
Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President Weah and the first lady
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