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Liberia’s President Joseph Boakai Temporarily Leaves Inauguration Podium Due to Heat-Induced Faintness

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Newly-elected Liberian president, Joseph Boakai, whisked off podium after suffering “heat-induced faintness” during his inauguration ceremony.

Newly-elected Liberian president, Joseph Boakai, was whisked off the podium after suffering “heat-induced faintness” during his inauguration ceremony.

Boakai, 79, was giving his acceptance speech on Monday, January 22, 2024, when he stopped suddenly.

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His aides rallied around him and one fanned him with a piece of paper.

He was later led off the podium in the nation’s capital, Monrovia.

The president’s office said in a statement that Boakai had suffered exhaustion but that doctors had since declared him “perfectly fine.”

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