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List of heads of state of Ivory Coast

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President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Président de la République de Côte d'Ivoire
Coat of arms of Ivory Coast
Incumbent Alassane Ouattara since 4 December 2010
Residence	Presidential Palace, Abidjan
Term length	5 years, renewable only once under the 2016 Constitution
Inaugural holder	Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Formation	3 November 1960
Deputy	Vice President of Ivory Coast
Salary	100,000 USD annually^[1]

Politics of Ivory Coast


Constitution Human rights
Government President Alassane Ouattara Vice President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé Government Robert Beugré Mambé government
Parliament National Assembly Speaker: Guillaume Soro Senate Speaker: Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio (TBC)
Administrative divisions Districts Regions Departments Sub-prefectures Communes Villages
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2020 2025 Parliamentary: 2016 2021 Senatorial: 2018 Political parties
Foreign relations Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister: Marcel Amon-Tanoh Diplomatic missions of / in Ivory Coast Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
Recent history First Civil War Second Civil War 2010–11 crisis United Nations Operation (UNOCI)
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This article lists the heads of state of Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, since the country gained independence from France in 1960. Alassane Ouattara has been serving as President of Ivory Coast since 4 December 2010.

Term limits[edit]

There is a two-term limit for the president in the new 2016 Constitution of Ivory Coast. This limit has been lifted for Alassane Ouattara, allowing him to run for third and fourth terms.^[2]

List of officeholders[edit]

Political parties

Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally (PDCI–RDA)

Ivorian Popular Front (FPI)

Rally of the Republicans (RDR)

Other factions

Military

Symbols

^§ Elected unopposed ^† Died in office

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party	Vice-president
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Vice-president
1		Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905–1993)	1960^[§] 1965^[§] 1970^[§] 1975^[§] 1980^[§] 1985^[§] 1990	3 November 1960	7 December 1993^[†]	33 years, 34 days	PDCI–RDA	Position not established
2		Henri Konan Bédié (1934–2023)^[a]	1995	7 December 1993	24 December 1999^[b]	6 years, 17 days	PDCI–RDA
3		Robert Guéï (1941–2002)^[c]	—	24 December 1999	26 October 2000	307 days	Military
4		Laurent Gbagbo (born 1945)^[d]	2000	26 October 2000	11 April 2011^[e]	10 years, 167 days	FPI
5		Alassane Ouattara (born 1942)^[d]	2010 2015 2020	4 December 2010	Incumbent	13 years, 80 days	RDR
								Daniel Kablan Duncan
								Tiémoko Meyliet Koné

Notes[edit]

^ Acting President until 22 October 1995.

^ Deposed in a coup d'état.

^ Styled as President of the National Public Salvation Committee until 4 January 2000.

^ ^a ^b Co-claimant from 4 December 2010 to 11 April 2011.

^ Deposed in the Second Ivorian Civil War.

Timeline[edit]

Latest election[edit]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alassane Ouattara	Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace	3,031,483	95.31
	Kouadio Konan Bertin	Independent	64,011	2.01
	Henri Konan Bédié	Democratic Party of Ivory Coast	53,330	1.68
	Pascal Affi N'Guessan	Ivorian Popular Front	31,986	1.01
Total			3,180,810	100.00

Valid votes			3,180,810	97.28
Invalid/blank votes			89,003	2.72
Total votes			3,269,813	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			6,066,441	53.90
Source: Independent Electoral Commission