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,<ref name="usaid">Liberia Vice President Boakai. Frontlines - Inside Development. United States Agency for International Development (April 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-13.</ref> Boakai is a graduate of the College of West Africa,<ref name="usaid"/> the University of Liberia, and Kansas State University, which he attended on a USAID grant.<ref name="usaid"/> From 1983 to 1985, he served as the Liberian Minister of Agriculture.<ref name="usaid"/>
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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| Preceded by: Wesley Momo Johnson | Vice-President of Liberia 2003–2006 | Succeeded by: Incumbent |
