Alassane Ouattara

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Alassane Ouattara
5th President of the Ivory Coast
Assumed office
4 December 2010
Prime MinisterGuillaume Soro
Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio
Daniel Kablan Duncan
Amadou Gon Coulibaly
Hamed Bakayoko
Patrick Achi
Vice PresidentDaniel Kablan Duncan (Interim)
Preceded byLaurent Gbagbo
Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast
In office
7 November 1990 – 9 December 1993
PresidentFélix Houphouët-Boigny
Preceded byFélix Houphouët-Boigny
Succeeded byDaniel Kablan Duncan
Personal details
Born (1942-01-01) 1 January 1942 (age 82)
Dimbokro, French West Africa
(present-day Côte d'Ivoire)
Political partyDemocratic Party (Before 1994)
Rally of the Republicans (1994–present)
Spouse(s)Dominique Nouvian (1991–present)
Alma materDrexel University
University of Pennsylvania
ReligionIslam
WebsiteOfficial Presidential website
  • The presidency was disputed between Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo from 4 December 2010 to 11 April 2011.

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.

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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.