Amadou Gon Coulibaly

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Amadou Gon Coulibaly (born February 10, 1959 in Abidjan ; † July 8, 2020 there ) was a politician of the Rassemblement des Républicains and from January 10, 2017 until his death Prime Minister of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire ( Ivory Coast ).

Life

In the 1990s he worked as a technical advisor to Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara . From 1995 to 2000 he was a member of the National Assembly . From October 2002 to February 2010 he was Minister of Agriculture .

From January 2017 he was Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast, succeeding Daniel Kablan Duncan . He was considered one of the favorites in the election for the presidency scheduled for October 31, 2020.

He had a heart transplant in 2012. Shortly before his death, he had been treated for eight weeks in France. A stent had been inserted there. According to Ivorian broadcaster RTI, Gon Coulibaly suffered a heart attack on July 8, 2020 during a cabinet meeting.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ivory Coast: Head of government has died. In: orf.at . July 8, 2020, accessed July 8, 2020.
  2. ^ Côte d'Ivoire: Amadou Gon Coulibaly nommé nouveau Premier ministre. Radio France. January 10, 2017, accessed on July 9, 2020 (French).
  3. ^ Ivory Coast's Ouattara names new government with few changes. Reuters. January 11, 2017, accessed July 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ Prime Minister of Ivory Coast has died. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. July 8, 2020, accessed July 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ Ivory Coast: Prime Minister Coulibaly dies in cabinet meeting. In: Deutsche Welle. July 8, 2020, accessed July 9, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Gon Coulibaly, Amadou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coulibaly, Amadou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ivorian politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Abidjan , Ivory Coast
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 2020
Place of death Abidjan , Ivory Coast