Joseph Boakai

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Joseph Nyumah Boakai (born November 30, 1944) is the Vice-President of Liberia. He is Vice-President to fellow Unity Party member Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. The son of illiterates,[1] Boakai is a graduate of the College of West Africa,[1] the University of Liberia, and Kansas State University, which he attended on a USAID grant.[1] From 1983 to 1985, he served as the Liberian Minister of Agriculture.[1]

Boakai is a religious Christian, and is a Deacon of the Effort Baptist Church. Boakai is married to Kartumu Cooper. They have three sons.

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  1. ^ a b c d Liberia Vice President Boakai. Frontlines - Inside Development. United States Agency for International Development (April 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-13.
Preceded by
Wesley Momo Johnson
Vice-President of Liberia
2003–
Succeeded by
Incumbent