Alassane Ouattara
President of Ivory Coast (2010–present)
Alassane Ouattara (born 1 January 1942) is an Ivoirian politician. He became President of Côte d'Ivoire in 2011. He is an economist, Ouattara worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).[1] He was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from November 1990 to December 1993.
Alassane Ouattara | |
|---|---|
| 5th President of the Ivory Coast | |
| Assumed office 4 December 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Guillaume Soro Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio Daniel Kablan Duncan Amadou Gon Coulibaly Hamed Bakayoko Patrick Achi |
| Vice President | Daniel Kablan Duncan (Interim) |
| Preceded by | Laurent Gbagbo |
| Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast | |
| In office 7 November 1990 – 9 December 1993 | |
| President | Félix Houphouët-Boigny |
| Preceded by | Félix Houphouët-Boigny |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Kablan Duncan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1942 Dimbokro, French West Africa (present-day Côte d'Ivoire) |
| Political party | Democratic Party (Before 1994) Rally of the Republicans (1994–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Dominique Nouvian (1991–present) |
| Alma mater | Drexel University University of Pennsylvania |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | Official Presidential website |
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References
change- ↑ "Ivory Coast's Alassane Ouattara in profile" Archived 2011-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News Online, 11 April 2011.
Other websites
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Media related to Alassane Ouattara at Wikimedia Commons
(in French) Alassane Ouattara.com Archived 2005-02-06 at the Wayback Machine Political Web site from Ouattara's circle of influence.
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