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

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, after the recreation of this office, from January 2017 until 13 July 2020.

Life and career

Duncan was born at Ouelle on 30 June 1943. He completed his secondary and tertiary studies in France. He went to Lycée Montaigne in Bordeaux. He studied at the École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Lille and the École Supérieure de Commerce back in Bordeaux. He got a degree in business engineering from the Commercial Institute of Nancy. 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

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and then the

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. He remained in this position until 1990 when he entered politics. Duncan served as Minister of Economy and Finance under Prime Minister

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on 7 December 1993, Ouattara lost a power struggle with

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for the presidency; Ouattara resigned and Duncan was appointed to succeed him as Prime Minister. He remained in charge of finance when he became prime minister. He said that he would continue Ouattara's economic policies of austerity and privatization. Duncan served as prime minister for six years, until President

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

as Prime Minister on 21 November 2012. Like Ahoussou-Kouadio, Duncan is a member of the

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(PDCI), a party headed by Bédié and allied with President Ouattara's party, the

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(RDR). The composition of his government was announced on 22 November 2012. Duncan, in addition to serving as Prime Minister, was also assigned the ministerial portfolio for finance and the economy. Meanwhile,

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, who had been Minister of Finance in the previous government, replaced Duncan as Minister of Foreign Affairs. After

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, receiving 87.46% of the vote. Following the election, Duncan submitted his ''pro forma'' resignation as prime minister on 9 January 2017. Ouattara then appointed Duncan as the

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, a post created by the 2016 constitution, on 10 January; he also appointed Amadou Gon Coulibaly to succeed Duncan as prime minister on the same day. Duncan was officially sworn in on 16 January 2017.

References

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