From a Footballer 2 Head of State Congrats Mr Weah

Weah - the first African to win the Ballon D'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year ,won comprehensively, to become the new president of Liberia clinching 12 of the 15 counties in the West African country.

Weah has taken to Twitter to thank all his supporters, saying that he plans to liberate the country: “It is with deep emotion that I want to thank you, the Liberian people, for honouring me with your vote today. It is a great hope,” he said through his Twitter @GeorgeWeahOff. The former AC Milan striker becomes the 25th president of Liberia. His opponent, 73-year-old Joseph Boakai – who has been the country’s vice president for the last 12 years, got only two counties out of 15. South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has congratulated the former Fifa World Football Player of the Year on his victory in the Liberian presidential run-off held on December 26 this year.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, President Zuma praised the country for conducting the presidential run-off in a peaceful manner, saying that it signified another positive step towards deepening democracy in Africa. Mr Weah, the former AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain player, defeated Ms Johnson Sirleaf in the first round in 2005 but lost to her in the subsequent run-off.

In the following election's run-off, in 2011, when he ran as a running mate to the opposition candidate, his coalition boycotted the vote, citing irregularities.The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have sent a congratulatory message to former FIFA, European and African Footballer of the Year George Weah for becoming the new President of Liberia. This time, the mood at the headquarters of Mr Weah's Congress for Democratic Change party is ecstatic, with his supporters predicting victory as unofficial partial results come in. "We know our result from our war room," Waqas Alu, a supporter of Mr Weah, told Ngiyesabanews.