Amadou Gon Coulibaly (10 February 19598 July 2020) was an Ivorian politician who served as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from January 2017 until his death in July 2020. He was the ruling party's candidate in the
2020 Ivorian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Ivory Coast on 31 October 2020. Incumbent president Alassane Ouattara was re-elected with 95% of the vote amidst an opposition boycott.
Background
In January 2017 incumbent President Alassane Ouattara of t ...
and had been among the favourites to win. He had earlier served as the presidency's secretary general under 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)Coulibaly Coulibaly is a common Bambara language surname in West Africa, especially in Mali and Ivory Coast. It may refer to:
People
*Any of the Bambara Empire's founding Coulibaly dynasty, following Bitòn Coulibaly (1689–1755)
* Adama Coulibaly (born 19 ...
worked as a technical adviser to Prime Minister
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)"Côte d'Ivoire: Amadou Gon Coulibaly nommé nouveau Premier ministre" Radio France Internationale, 10 January 2017 . Coulibaly was a member of the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the r ...
from 1995 to 1999, and then from 2011 until his death. He also served as Mayor of
Korhogo
Korhogo is a city in northern Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Savanes District and Poro Region. It is also a commune and the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Korhogo Department. In the 2014 census, the city had a population of 243,048, mak ...
.
Coulibaly was minister of agriculture from October 2002 to February 2010. After Alassane Ouattara became president, Coulibaly served as secretary general of the presidency from 2011 to January 2017.
President Ouattara appointed Coulibaly as prime minister on 10 January 2017. The composition of his new government was announced on 11 January. It was considered broadly similar to the previous government under
Daniel Kablan Duncan
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 ...
, with most of the key ministers retaining their posts. With 28 ministers, it was smaller than the previous government, which had 35. Coulibaly was additionally assigned responsibility for the ministerial portfolio of the budget on 19 July 2017.
At the RDR's Third Ordinary Congress in September 2017, Coulibaly was designated as First Vice-President of the
Rally of the Republicans
The Rally of the Republicans (french: Rassemblement des Républicains; abbreviated RDR) is a liberal party in Ivory Coast (). The party is the country's governing party; the party's leader, Alassane Ouattara, is the current President of Ivory ...
(RDR), the ruling party. When Ouattara dissolved the government amid tensions within the governing coalition in July 2018, Coulibaly was re-appointed to form a new government.
Health and death
Coulibaly underwent heart surgery in 2012. He went to France on 2 May 2020, for a heart exam and rest, then returned to Ivory Coast on 2 July. On 8 July, he became unwell during a weekly cabinet meeting and was taken to a hospital where he died. He was 61 years old.
Other activities
From 2017, Coulibaly was an ex officio member of the board of governors of the
International Monetary Fund
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, the
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
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, part of the
World Bank Group
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, and the
World Bank
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