Koudou Laurent Gbagbo is an Ivorian politician who was the president of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 until his arrest in April 2011. A historian,Gbagbo was imprisoned in the early 1970s and again in the early 1990s,and he lived in exile in France during much of the 1980s as a result of his union activism. Gbagbo founded the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) in 1982 and ran unsuccessfully for president against Félix Houphouët-Boigny at the start of multi-party politics in 1990. He won a seat in the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire in 1990.
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.
Alasane Dramane Ouattara is an Ivorian politician who has been President of Ivory Coast since 2010. An economist by profession,Ouattara worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of West African States,and he was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from November 1990 to December 1993,appointed to that post by President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Ouattara became the President of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR),an Ivorian political party,in 1999.
Lambert Amon Tanoh was an Ivorian teacher,labor leader,and politician who served as the ambassador to Algeria.
The 1999 Ivorian coup d'état took place on 24 December 1999. It was the first coup d'état since the independence of Ivory Coast and led to the President Henri Konan Bédiébeing deposed.
Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio is an Ivorian politician who was Prime Minister of Ivory Coast from March 2012 to November 2012. In April 2018,he was appointed president of the Senate of Ivory Coast and served until October 2023. Previously he was Minister of Industry from 2002 to 2005 and Minister of Justice from 2010 to 2012.
Abdourahmane Cissé is an Ivorian politician,engineer and economist. He was previously Secretary General of the Presidency,Petroleum,Energy and Renewable Energies Minister of Ivory Coast under Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko and Budget Minister of Ivory Coast under Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan.
Ivory Coast–Mexico relations are the diplomatic relations between Ivory Coast and Mexico. Both nations are members of the United Nations.
Presidential elections were held in Ivory Coast on 31 October 2020. Incumbent president Alassane Ouattara was re-elected with 95% of the vote amidst an opposition boycott.
Amadou Gon Coulibaly was an Ivorian politician who served as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from January 2017 until his death in July 2020. He was the ruling party's candidate in the 2020 Ivorian presidential election and had been among the favourites to win. He had earlier served as the presidency's secretary general under President Alassane Ouattara from 2011 to 2017.
Events in the year 2020 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.
Kouadio Konan Bertin,known as KKB,is an Ivorian politician. He represented Port-Bouët in the National Assembly from 2011 to 2016.
This period in the history of Ivory Coast was affected by the end of the 33-year reign of Félix Houphouët-Boigny in 1993,as well as demographic change which had seen the Muslim population rise from 6% in 1922 to 38.6% in 1998,including a majority in the north of the country.
Events in the year 2021 in Ivory Coast.
Kandia Camara is an Ivorian teacher and politician who is the President of the Senate of Ivory Coast since 12 October 2023. She is the former minister of foreign affairs in the government of President Alassane Ouattara.
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.
TénéBirahima Ouattara is an Ivorian politician who is currently the Minister of Defense of Ivory Coast. He has previously served as the country's Minister of Presidential Affairs and head of the national intelligence department. He is the brother of Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara.
Events in the year 2022 in Ivory Coast.
