The following article lists people notable for their involvement in association football and politics. Two former footballers have led their countries; Ahmed Ben Bella and Kaj Leo Johannesen. Ben Bella played briefly for Marseille during the mid-1940s before leading Algeria in the aftermath of the Algerian War, first as Prime Minister then as President. Johannesen was a goalkeeper, playing four times as a goalkeeper for the Faroe Islands national football team during the 1990s before becoming Prime Minister in 2008. Other footballers to have sought high office include George Weah, who in 2005 was an unsuccessful candidate for the Liberian presidency, and Albert Guðmundsson, who finished third in the 1980 Icelandic presidential election.
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The following are people who have played professional and/or international football and have held political office.