Patrick Achi (born 17 November 1955) is an Ivorian
politician
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Rally of the Republicans
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, he studied at
Supélec
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and
Stanford University
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and specialises in engineering and infrastructure. He has also worked as the government spokesman for President
Alassane Ouattara
Alassane Dramane Ouattara (; ; born 1 January 1942) is an Ivorian politician who has been President of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) since 2010. An economist by profession, Ouattara worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)Attié tribe located in the South region) and a French
Breton
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mother. He was educated in France and the United States.
Career
Between 2010 and 2017, Achi was Minister of Economic Infrastructure for the
governments
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of successive Prime Ministers
Guillaume Soro
Guillaume Kigbafori Soro (born 8 May 1972) is an Ivorian politician who was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from April 2007 to March 2012. Prior to his service as Prime Minister, Soro led the Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire, and later ...
Daniel Kablan Duncan
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(2012–2017).
Achi was appointed acting prime minister on 8 March 2021 to assume the duties of Prime Minister
Hamed Bakayoko
Hamed Bakayoko (8 March 1965 – 10 March 2021) was an Ivorian politician who served as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from 8 July 2020 until his death on 10 March 2021. He had previously served as the country's Minister of New Technologies, ...
, who had been hospitalized. Bakayoko died two days later. Achi was appointed as the Prime Minister on 26 March 2021 by President Ouattara. In this capacity, he emerged as a key figure in discussions to resolve a large power generation deficit that had strained electricity supplies in urban areas for several weeks.
In October 2021, his name was mentioned in the
Pandora Papers
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. He controlled (at least until 2006) Allstar Consultancy Services Limited, an offshore company located in the Bahamas and created in 1998 through a nominee, while Achi was government commissioner with the Ivorian Electricity Company (CIE) and technical advisor to the Minister of Energy.
On 13 April 2022, he and his
government
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resigned. On 19 April, he was reappointed as Prime Minister by President Ouattara but with a cabinet reshuffle and the formation of a second government.
Other activities
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International Monetary Fund
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(IMF), ''ex officio'' Member of the Board of Governors
Personal life
On 16 April 2020, Achi announced that he had tested positive for
COVID-19
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and was self-isolating until further notice. In May 2021, he was flown to
Paris
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due to "severe fatigue" and for medical checks. He has 5 children.