Daniel Kablan Duncan
Daniel Kablan Duncan | |
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1st Vice President of Ivory Coast | |
In office 16 January 2017 – 13 July 2020 | |
President | Alassane Ouattara |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Tiémoko Meyliet Koné |
3rd Prime Minister of Ivory Coast | |
In office 21 November 2012 – 9 January 2017 | |
President | Alassane Ouattara |
Preceded by | Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio |
Succeeded by | Amadou Gon Coulibaly |
In office 11 December 1993 – 24 December 1999 | |
President | Henri Konan Bédié |
Preceded by | Alassane Ouattara |
Succeeded by | Seydou Diarra |
Personal details | |
Born | Democratic | 30 June 1943
Daniel Kablan Duncan (born 30 June 1943) is an Ivorian politician. He previously served as Prime Minister of Ivory Coast from 11 December 1993 to 24 December 1999 and again from November 2012 to January 2017. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from June 2011 to November 2012. He was also the first Vice President of Ivory Coast, after the recreation of this office, from January 2017 until 13 July 2020.
Life and career
Duncan was born at
In 1970 Duncan returned to Ivory Coast and began work as a civil servant in the Ivorian Ministry of Economy and Finance. a few years later he worked for a time with the International Monetary Fund and then the Central Bank of West African States. He remained in this position until 1990 when he entered politics.[2]
Duncan served as
Duncan served as prime minister for six years, until President Henri Konan Bédié was ousted in a military coup on 24 December 1999. At the time of the coup he fled to France but returned to Ivory Coast about a year later.
Duncan was named Minister of Foreign Affairs by President
After Alassane Ouattara won re-election in October 2015, Duncan and his government resigned on 6 January 2016, but Ouattara immediately reappointed Duncan as Prime Minister.[7]
In the
References
- ^ Africa, issues 269–278 (1994), page 23.
- ^ West Africa briefs
- ^ "Historique". finances.gouv.ci.
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire's premier calls for continuing austerity plans", The Journal of Commerce, 20 December 1993.
- ^ "Former Ivorian foreign minister named PM: official", Agence France-Presse, 21 November 2012.
- ^ "PM takes finance portfolio in new Ivorian government", Reuters, 22 November 2012.
- ^ Evelyne Aka, "Ivory Coast government resigns but PM stays", Agence France-Presse, 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Élection des députés à l'Assemblée nationale. Scrutin du 18 décembre 2016. Résultat national" Archived 21 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Independent Electoral Commission, page 25.
- ^ "Ivory Coast's Ouattara names close ally as new vice-president", Reuters, 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Ivory Coast VP Duncan sworn in". News24. 16 January 2017.