Ivory Coast’s national star, Bonaventure Kalou, was elected mayor of Vavoua (center-west), the ADV news agency reported Sunday from well-informed sources.

George Weah elected president of Liberia, Bonaventure Kalou elected mayor of the Ivorian city of Vavoua. Decidedly, the political situation seems favorable to the former African footballers of Paris Saint-Germain.

Bonaventure has the majority of votes after the withdrawal of control that took place Saturday in Vavoua (134 651 inhabitants), according to the announcement made by the candidate on his Facebook page. The final results must be proclaimed by the Ivorian institution in charge of elections.

Bonaventure Kalou, 40, played with the Ivorian Elephants, led by their captain Didier Drogba, notably at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, during which the native of Oumé was a scorer.

The former striker was trained at ASEC (1995), the flagship club of African football. He has successively worn the colors of various foreign clubs: Feyenoord Rotterdam (1997), AJ Auxerre (2003), Paris St. Germain (2005), RC Lens (2007), Al Jazira (2007) and SC Heerenveen (2008).

Bonaventure Kalou, older brother of center-forward Salomon Kalou (now Hertha Berlin and ex-Chelsea), retired from sport in 2010 to start business and then politics.