Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. is the President of Liberia, sworn into office on 22 January 2024 after winning the 2023 presidential runoff.

Public service

• Minister of Agriculture in the 1980s.
• Vice President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018 under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
• Unity Party presidential candidate in 2017 and 2023.
• Elected president in 2023 with running mate Jeremiah Koung.

Election record

Boakai received 446,716 votes in the 2017 first round and advanced to the runoff. In 2023 he received 796,961 first-round votes and won the runoff with 814,481 votes, or 50.64%.

Primary source: https://www.emansion.gov.lr/general/biography-president-joseph-nyuma-boakai-sr