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Alexander B. Cummings Jr., a former chief administrative officer of Coca-Cola (2008–2016) who finished fifth in the 2017 presidential election, announced he would run for president again as the Alternative National Congress candidate with Charlyne Brumskine as his running mate. [25]
October 10 – 2023 Liberian general election [3] [4] November 14 – Liberians elect their president in a run-off. Incumbent president George Weah runs for re-election. [5] November 17 – President Weah concedes the 2023 presidential election. [6] December 21 – Former Chief Justice Gloria Musu-Scott is convicted of murder. [7]
Elections in Liberia occur solely at the national level. The head of state , the President of Liberia , is elected to a six-year term in a two-round system , in which a run-off between the two candidates with the highest number of votes is held should no single candidate earn a majority of the vote in the first round.
Liberia’s President, George Weah, has conceded defeat to opposition candidate Joseph Boakai after a tight run-off election. Weah, a former soccer star, called Boakai after the country’s ...
Liberia’s electoral commission on Tuesday scheduled a presidential election run-off for November after results showed that the two frontrunners, President George Weah and opposition leader ...
Liberians voted on Tuesday in a run-off election between President George Weah and former vice president Joseph Boakai, in what is expected to be a closely fought vote between the two old rivals.
On 17 November 2023, after the run-off election, President Weah conceded the election, resulting in Boakai becoming president-elect and Koung becoming vice president-elect. [20] In the 2023 legislative elections, MDR candidates won elections in four House districts in Nimba County: #3, #4, #6, and #8. [21] Johnson was re-elected in the Senate. [22]
Elected in 2017 in the country's first democratic change of power in over 70 years, Weah is running against 19 other presidential candidates. To avoid a runoff, the winner must secure 50% of votes ...