Rose Doudou Guéï (died September 19, 2002) was wife of the Head of State of

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest city and ...

, Robert Guéï, and consequently First Lady of Ivory Coast from 1999 to 2000.

Coup in 2000

A mutiny within

's military evolved into a coup d'état in 2000, and General Robert Guéï was installed as the first military ruler of Côte d'Ivoire.

Death

A group opposed to the military regime staged a new coup d'état in 2002, marking the

First Ivorian Civil War The First Ivorian Civil War was a Civil war, civil conflict in the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) that began with a Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast, military rebellion on 19 September 2002 and ended with a peace agreement on 4 March 20 ...

and political crisis. Robert Guéï and Rose Doudou Guéï were killed in September 2002. Associates of Robert Guéï claimed that he and Rose Doudou Guéï were executed, along with several other people, as they sat down for a meal at their home in

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...

. The forces of the new President, Laurent Gbagbo, were accused of being behind the killings. She was buried, reportedly to public indifference, on May 5, 2006, in front of Saint-Paul Cathedral in the Plateau area of Abidjan north, but her remains are now located at the municipal cemetery of Port-Bouët in Abidjan south.

Aftermath

Following the assassinations, Laurent Gbagbo became Côte d'Ivoire's President, having emerged victorious from the

, during which many thousands were killed. Franck Guéï, the eldest son of Robert and Rose Doudou Guéï, allied himself with Gbagbo, and was Côte d'Ivoire's Minister of Sports, Youth and Leisure until Gbagbo was overthrown during the

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in 2011. Gbagbo was replaced by

Alassane Ouattara Alassane Dramane Ouattara (; ; born 1 January 1942) is an Ivorian politician and economist who has been List of heads of state of Ivory Coast, President of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) since 2010. An economist by profession, he worked for the I ...

. Robert Guéï's reputation has been rehabilitated under Ouattara. Francis Pédou Guéi, younger brother of Franck Guéi, has allied himself with Ouattara, and is active in the party of his father, the UDPCI.

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Coup in 2000

Death

Aftermath

See also

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