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This article lists political parties in Ivory Coast . Ivory Coast is a multiparty state.
The Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) was the sole legal party from 1960 to 1990. It would rule for another nine years until a 1999 coup. The Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) came to power after disputed elections in 2000, and would rule until it was ousted by the Rally of the Republicans in 2010. There are currently more than a hundred legal parties, though few have significant national support.
Party | Abbr. | Leader | Political position | Ideology | Assembly | |
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Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix | RHDP | Alassane Ouattara | Centre | Houphouëtism Liberalism | 137 / 255 | |
Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally Parti démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire-Rassemblement démocratique africain | PDCI-RDA | Henri Konan Bédié | Centre-right | African nationalism Conservatism Populism Houphouëtism Pan-Africanism | 63 / 255 | |
Together for Democracy and Sovereignty Ensemble pour la démocratie et la souveraineté | EDS | Georges Armand Ouégnin | Pro-Gbagbo | 18 / 255 | ||
Together to Build (alliance of UDPCI, FPI, Cojep, and Agir) Ensemble pour bâtir | EPB | Toikeuse Mabri | Centre to centre-left | Liberalism Social liberalism | 8 / 255 | |
Ivorian Popular Front Front populaire ivoirien | FPI | Pascal Affi N'Guessan | Centre-left | Social democracy Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism | 2 / 255 |
The national flag of Ivory Coast is a tricolour flag consisting of equal bands of orange, white, and green. The proportions of the flag are 2:3. It is the national emblem of the Republic of Ivory Coast as affirmed in Article 29 of the Constitution of Ivory Coast in 1960.
The Rally of the Republicans is a liberal party in Ivory Coast. The party is the country's governing party; the party's leader, Alassane Ouattara, is the current President of Ivory Coast.
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.
Communist Youth of Ivory Coast is a political youth movement in Ivory Coast. JCOCI is the youth wing of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Côte d'Ivoire.
The Africa Liberal Network is an organization composed of 47 political parties from 29 countries in Africa. It is an associated organisation of Liberal International, the political family to which liberal democratic parties belong. The ALN serves to promote liberal objectives and principles throughout the continent.
The Federation of Green Parties of Africa is an umbrella body of the various national Green parties and environmental parties in Africa. The formal coalition, the African Greens Federation (AGF) formed in 2010 at a conference in Kampala, Uganda. As part of the Global Greens, founded in 2001 in Canberra, Australia, the parties included in the Federation of Green Parties of Africa follow the Global Greens Charter. The organization's permanent administration is in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, where the predominant green organization is the Rassemblement Des Ecologistes du Burkina Faso. These parties tend to, but not always, be left-leaning and often do not have widespread support in their respective countries.
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The Revolutionary Communist Party of Ivory Coast is a communist party in Ivory Coast. It has been led by Achy Ekissi since 1990. Its youth wing is the Communist Youth of Ivory Coast. The party newspaper is the Révolution Prolétarienne.
The Movement for Justice and Peace is one of two rebel groups from the west of Côte d'Ivoire, which took part in the Ivorian Civil War. The MJP was estimated to have 250 men under arms, commanded by Gaspard Déli, when it signed a ceasefire on 8 January 2003. Since 2004 the MJP has been a political party, functioning as a junior partner to the Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire (MPCI) in the Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire coalition led by Guillaume Soro. After joining the MPCI it has dropped out of public view.
The Patriotic Movement of Ivory Coast was the major rebel group in the Ivorian Civil War, which since 2005, has transformed itself into a leading political party.
The Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire is a political coalition that was formed in December 2002, in the wake of the first peace accords of the Ivorian Civil War.
The Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace is a political party in Ivory Coast.
Michel Gondi Gueu is an army general (2S) and an Ivorian politician, born on 10 August 1951 in Bingerville.
Hamed Bakayoko was an Ivorian politician who served as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from 8 July 2020 until his death on 10 March 2021. He had previously served as the country's Minister of New Technologies, Information and Communication, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Defense.