Kouassi Kouamé Patrice (b. December 2, 1962 in
Daloa
Daloa is a city in western Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Sassandra-Marahoué District and the Haut-Sassandra Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Daloa Department. Daloa is also a commune. In the 2014 census, the city ...
) aka KKP, (
baoulé first name), is an Ivorian lawyer and politician.
In December 2016, he became Deputy for
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 ...
Commune in the National Assembly of
National Assembly of Ivory Coast
The National Assembly is lower house of the Parliament of Ivory Coast since November 2016. From 1960 to 2016, the National Assembly was Ivory Coast's unicameral legislative body. Evolved from semi-representative bodies of the French Colonia ...
. He became a member of the Yamoussoukro Municipal Council in October 2018 and deputy mayor in December 2018.
Early life
He earned a Baccalaureate on "Literature and Philosophy" at the Lycée Classique d’Abidjan in 1984. He attended the
University of Benin to study law. He earned his Master of Law option on Judicial Careers, then the Certificate of Aptitude to the Profession of Lawyer (CAPA), at the
Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny
The Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB) (formerly known as University of Cocody-Abidjan, fr.: Université de Cocody or Université de Cocody-Abidjan) is an institution of higher education located in the Cocody section of Abidjan and t ...
in 1993.
Career
He began his career in 1993 in the office of Maître René Bourgoin as a trainee lawyer, then in 1995 as associate lawyer. Two years later, he became a partner at Bourgoin & Kouassi and at Emeritus Law Firm.
He served as treasurer of the Council of the Bar Association, member of the board of directors of CARPA, Vice-President of the Sports and Cultural Association of the Bar, then representative of the Bar of Ivory Coast at the Central Commission of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) from 2005 to 2011.
Patrice is Vice-President of the Foundation '' la Rentrée du Cœur '' and member of the association '' Partage''.
During the fiftieth anniversary of the Côte d'Ivoire Bar in Yamoussoukro in 2009, Patrice received the distinction of Chevalier in the
National Order of the Ivory Coast
The National Order of the Ivory Coast (sometimes simply mentioned as National Order) is the highest state order of knighthood of the Ivory Coast.
History
The Order was founded on 10 April 1961 to celebrate the independence of the Ivory Coast wh ...
.
Politics
In December 2016, Patrice made his entry into the Ivorian parliament after a victory in the district of Yamoussoukro. He ran as an independent.
He became Secretary of the Bureau of the National Assembly and member of the Defense Security Commission.
He later rejoined his original party - the
PDCI-RDA- and became a member of the Political Bureau and the Grand Conseil Régional. He serves as Secretary General of the
Abla Pokou section of Yamoussoukro.
References
External links
KKP Official website
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Living people
1962 births
Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally politicians
Members of the National Assembly (Ivory Coast)
People from Daloa
Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny alumni