Philippe Grégoire Yacé (January 23, 1920 – November 29, 1998) was an
Ivorian politician and one time
president of the National Assembly.
A teacher by training, Yacé was among the founders of a
trade union
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for instructors; he also served as the secretary general of the country's lone political party, the
PDCI, for 15 years before the post was abolished. He was president of the Legislative Assembly and of the National Assembly, and from 1980 headed the High Court. He then served as the president of the economic and social council up until his death in 1998. He also served as mayor of
Jacqueville
Jacqueville () is a coastal town in southern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Jacqueville Department in Grands-Ponts Region, Lagunes District. Jacqueville is also a commune. The town is 40 kilometres west of Abidjan.
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, a deputy for the same constituency, a senator, and the spiritual leader of the "3A" (the ''alladian'', ''aïzi'', and ''akouri''). He was the so-called "dauphin" of
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, with whom he collaborated closely for much of his career, and it was widely expected that he would be Houphouët-Boigny's successor upon the former's retirement. But the elder statesman became wary of the influence Yacé was wielding, and in 1980 effectively disowned him, ending his political career.
Yacé died in
Abidjan
Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ...
in 1998.
1920 births
1998 deaths
Presidents of the National Assembly (Ivory Coast)
Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally politicians
Mayors of places in Ivory Coast
Ivorian judges
People from Lagunes District
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