Jean Konan Banny (July 14, 1929
– May 27, 2018) was an
Ivorian politician of the
Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire
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(PDCI). He is the brother of
, a former Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire.
A lawyer, Banny served as Minister of Defense for Côte d'Ivoire from its independence in 1960 to 1963.
In 1963, he was arrested, tried, and sentenced to death on charges of participating in President
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Félix Houphouët-Boigny (; 18 October 1905 – 7 December 1993), affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux ("The Old One"), was the first president of Ivory Coast, serving from 1960 until his death in 1993. A tribal chief, he wo ...
's ''"complot du chat noir"'' (black cat conspiracy).
Meanwhile, his office was transferred to
Kouadio M'Bahia Blé whose ministership lasted more than 17 years.
There was discontent in the army, as the generals stirred following his arrest and Houphouët-Boigny had to intervene personally to sedate the army.
[Le Vine, p. 211.]
Banny, who personally knew Houphouët-Boigny from childhood, was pardoned and released in 1967.
He asked Banny to be the mayor of
Yamoussoukro
Yamoussoukro (; , locally ) is the ''de jure'' capital of Ivory Coast and an autonomous district. As of the 2014 census, Yamoussoukro is the fifth most populous city in Ivory Coast with a population of 212,670. Located north-west of Abidjan, th ...
, though Houphouët-Boigny's successor,
Henri Konan Bédié
Aimé Henri Konan Bédié (born 5 May 1934) is an Ivorian politician. He was President of Ivory Coast from 1993 to 1999. He is currently the President of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast - African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA). , appointed Banny as Resident Minister of the capital.
The Resident Minister is a member of the Council of Elders of the PDCI, which includes roughly a hundred elders.
He also directed the ''Société fruitière du Bandama'', an industrial company, which produces and exports fruit juice, mainly that of pineapples.
The company created the popular drink Cristelor in 1983.
Described as a ''delice d'ananas petillant,'' French for sparkling pineapple delight, it is popularly called pineapple champagne.
Banny claimed the idea "came to
im when he thoughtto make a wine from pineapples" and was named after his granddaughter Cristel. He also proposed an alcoholic version of the drink.
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1929 births
2018 deaths
Government ministers of Ivory Coast
Ivorian diplomats
Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally politicians
20th-century Ivorian lawyers
Ivorian prisoners sentenced to death
Prisoners sentenced to death by Ivory Coast
Recipients of Ivorian presidential pardons
Ivorian businesspeople
People from Divo, Ivory Coast