The politics of Ivory Coast takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the President of Ivory Coast is both head of state and head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the President and the Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament.
Human arrival in Ivory Coast has been dated to the Upper Paleolithic period,or at the minimum,the Neolithic period based on weapon and tool fragments,specifically polished shale axes and remnants of cooking and fishing. The earliest known inhabitants of Côte d'Ivoire left traces scattered throughout the territory. Historians believe these people were all either displaced or absorbed by the ancestors of the present inhabitants. Peoples who arrived before the 16th century include the Ehotilé(Aboisso),Kotrowou (Fresco),Zéhiri,Ega,and Diès (Divo).
Ivory Coast,also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire,is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country,while its largest city and economic centre is the port city of Abidjan. It borders Guinea to the northwest,Liberia to the west,Mali to the northwest,Burkina Faso to the northeast,Ghana to the east,and the Atlantic Ocean's Gulf of Guinea to the south. With 30.9 million inhabitants in 2023,Ivory Coast is the third-most populous country in West Africa. Its official language is French,and indigenous languages are also widely used,including Bété,Baoulé,Dioula,Dan,Anyin,and Cebaara Senufo. In total,there are around 78 different languages spoken in Ivory Coast. The country has a religiously diverse population,including numerous followers of Islam,Christianity,and traditional faiths often entailing animism.
Félix Houphouët-Boigny,affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux,was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first president of Ivory Coast from 1960 until his death in 1993. A tribal chief,he worked as a medical aide,union leader,and planter before being elected to the French Parliament. He served in several ministerial positions within the French government before leading Ivory Coast following independence in 1960. Throughout his life,he played a significant role in politics and the decolonisation of Africa.
The First Ivorian Civil War was a civil conflict in the Ivory Coast that began with a military rebellion on 19 September 2002 and ended with a peace agreement on 4 March 2007. The conflict pitted the government of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo against a domestic insurgency led by the New Forces of Ivory Coast. Following the war,a second civil war (2010–2011) would begin over the results of the 2010 Ivorian presidential election.
Alassane Dramane Ouattara is an Ivorian politician and economist who has been President of Ivory Coast since 2010. An economist by profession,he worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of West African States,and was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from November 1990 to December 1993,appointed to that post by then-President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Ouattara became the President of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR),an Ivorian political party,in 1999.
The eco is the name for the proposed common currency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Plans originally called for the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) states to introduce the currency first,which would eventually be merged with the Euro-pegged CFA franc which is used by the French-speaking West African region within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). This will also enable the UEMOA states to gain complete fiscal and monetary independence from France. The UEMOA states have alternatively proposed to reform the CFA franc into the eco first,which could then be extended to all ECOWAS states.
Daniel Kablan Duncan is an Ivorian politician. He previously served as Prime Minister of Ivory Coast from 11 December 1993 to 24 December 1999 and again from November 2012 to January 2017. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from June 2011 to November 2012. He was also the first Vice President of Ivory Coast,after the recreation of this office,from January 2017 until 13 July 2020.
The Central Bank of West African States is a central bank serving the eight west African countries which share the common West African CFA franc currency and comprise the West African Economic and Monetary Union.
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Patrick Jérôme Achi is an Ivorian politician who served as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from March 2021 to October 2023 in President Alassane Ouattara's government. He is a member of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR). He studied at Supélec and Stanford University and specialises in engineering and infrastructure. He has also worked as the government spokesman for President Alassane Ouattara.
Abdou Kolley is a Gambian economist and politician who was Gambian Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs. He has held several roles in the Cabinet of the Gambia,having previously served as Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs and Minister of Trade,Industry,Regional Integration and Employment several times,as well as Minister of Fisheries and Water Resources.
The 2010–11 Ivorian crisis was a political crisis in Ivory Coast which began after Laurent Gbagbo,the President of Ivory Coast since 2000,was proclaimed the winner of the Ivorian election of 2010,the first election in the country in 10 years. The opposition candidate,Alassane Ouattara,and a number of countries,organisations and leaders worldwide claimed Ouattara had won the election. After months of attempted negotiation and sporadic violence,the crisis entered a decisive stage as Ouattara's forces began a military offensive in which they quickly gained control of most of the country and besieged key targets in Abidjan,the country's largest city. At the time,international organizations reported numerous human rights violations,and the UN undertook its own military action with the stated objective to protect itself and civilians.
The following lists events that happened during 2010 in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast–Mexico relations are the diplomatic relations between Ivory Coast and Mexico. Both nations are members of the United Nations.
Marcel Alain de Souza was a Beninese politician and banker. He served as President of the ECOWAS Commission from April 2016 until February 2018. He was Minister for Development,Economic Analysis and Forecast of Benin from May 2011 until June 2015.
Edith Yah Brou is an Ivorian writer and activist. A co-founder of the volunteer organization Akendewa and the online women's magazine Ayana,she is considered one of the most influential digital activists in Ivory Coast and a "prominent Ivorian blogger."
Kaba Nialé is an Ivorian politician who has been serving as Minister of Planning and Development and President of the Board of Governors of African Development Bank (AFDB) since 2019.
Tiémoko Meyliet Koné is an Ivorian economist and politician. He has served as Vice-President of Ivory Coast since April 2022.
Damo Justin Baro,also known as Justin Damo Barro,is a Burkinabe economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance between 1983 and 1986 under Thomas Sankara. During that time,he was President of ECOWAS' Council of Ministers. In the 1990s,he served in the World Bank,and later helped create the West African Economic and Monetary Union.
