In 1995 he won the Ballon d’Or as the top player in world football, still the only African to have done so. Since entering politics, he has twice lost elections to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, for the presidency in 2005 and as Winston Tubman’s vice president in 2011. What Liberian former soccer star finally held office in 2014 after his election to the country’s Senate?
George WEAH