Cote d'Ivoire

 

 

         1964-2000                  Adopted 2001-

 

1842-1842 Start of French protectorate

1860-1889 Ivory Coast territory

1883-1893 Subordinate to French Guinea

1889-1893 French Protectorate

1893-1960 French Colony

1946-1960 French overseas territory

1960-     Independence

1985      Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (French name no longer translated).

2002-2003 Civil war

2004-2005 Civil war

2010-2011 Civil war over dissputed election

 

Presidents

30 Jul 1960 - 07 Dec 1993 Félix Houphouët-Boigny ........... 1905-1993

07 Dec 1993 - 24 Dec 1999 Aimé Henri Konan Bédié

24 Dec 1999 - 26 Oct 2000 Robert Guéï ...................... 1941-2002

26 Oct 2000 - 11 Apr 2011 Laurent Koudou Gbagbo ............ 1945-

                          (dissputed from 04 Dec 2010)

19 Sep 2002 -    Apr 2003 Guillaume Kigbafori Soro ......... 1972-

                          (in rebellion in Bouake)

04 Dec 2010 -             Alassene Dramane Ouattara ........ 1942-

                          (in opposition to 11 Apr 2011)

 

 

Vice President of the Government Council
17 May 1957 - 30 Apr 1959 Marcel Auguste Denise ............ 1906-1991

Prime ministers
30 Apr 1959 - 04 Nov 1960 Félix Houphouët-Boigny
04 Nov 1960 - 07 Nov 1990 Post abolished
07 Nov 1990 - 11 Dec 1993 Alassane Dramane Ouattara
11 Dec 1993 - 24 Dec 1999 Daniel Kablan Duncan ............. 1943-

                          (1st Time)
24 Dec 1999 - 18 May 2000 Vacant 
18 May 2000 - 27 Oct 2000 Seydou Elimane Diarra

                          (1st time)
27 Oct 2000 - 25 Jan 2003 Pascal Affi N'Guessan     
25 Jan 2003 - 05 Dec 2005 Seydou Elimane Diarra

                           (2nd time)
05 Dec 2005 - 29 Mar 2007 Charles Konan Banny
29 Mar 2007 - 13 Mar 2012 Guillaume Kigbafori Soro
                          (appointed by Ouattara)
07 Dec 2010 - 11 Apr 2011 Gilberot Marie N'gbo Aké
                          (appointed by Gabagbo)

13 Mar      - 21 Nov 2012 Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio

21 Nov 2012 -             Daniel Kablan Duncan (2nd Time)

 

 

Chief Military Liaison Officer of the UN Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI)
04 Jun 2003 - 04 Apr 2004 Abdul Hafiz                         (Bangladesh)
Commanders of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
04 Apr 2004 - 03 Apr 2006 Abdoulaye Fall                      (Senegal)
03 Apr 2006 - 31 Mar 2010 Fernand Marcel Amoussou             (Benin)
                          (acting to 12 Sep 2006) 
01 Apr 2010 - 22 Mar 2011 Abdul Hafiz

22 Mar 2011 -             Gnakoudè Béréna                     (Togo)