Alassane Ouattara
Alassane Dramane Ouattara Ado [ Alasa ː n wataʀa ] ( born January 1, 1942 in Dimbokro, Ivory Coast ) is an Ivorian politician and economist. He is Chairman of the Rassemblement Républicains. On 4 December 2010, he put his opponent as well as in previous elections, Laurent Gbagbo, the oath of office as president of Ivory Coast from. For some time the country had thus in fact two presidents. After Gbagbo's arrest Ouattara early May 2011, was sworn in as president of Ivory Coast, and resigned the office officially on May 21, 2011. Since February 17, 2012 Ouattara is president of the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS / ECOWAS ).
Life
Alassane Ouattara comes from a former noble family, which formed (also called Ouattara Empire ), the dynasty of the Kong Empire. He is a direct paternal descendant of Sékou Oumar Ouattara (1665-1745), founder of the Kong Empire.
After studying at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States he made from 1968 to 1990 career at the International Monetary Fund.
In November 1990 he was appointed by President Félix Houphouët-Boigny as prime minister of the Republic of Ivory Coast.
When Felix Houphouët -Boigny died in December 1993, Ouattara was considered a successor candidate, but was defeated in the power struggle against Henri Konan Bédié. Ouattara, who comes from the north of the country, in 1995 and 2000, prevented by the Concept d' Ivoirité it to run in the presidential elections. This was due to doubts about the Ivorian nationality of his mother. You should come from Burkina Faso.
From 1994 to 1999 he was again working for the International Monetary Fund in order to devote himself exclusively from 1999 then the policy of the Republic of Ivory Coast.
When riots in 2002, his life and that his wife was rescued in an assassination attempt on the night of September 19 by forces of the Government of Western diplomats. He lived temporarily in exile in Gabon and France.
Ouattara is with Dominique Ouattara, born Nouvian, married and has four children. The Frenchwoman is by Viviane Wade of Senegal, the second white " first lady " of Africa. The wedding took place in Neuilly -sur -Seine, a suburb of Paris, instead. Ouattara is the Islamic faith and a member of the Baoulé - people.
Presidency
In the second round of the presidential elections in 2010, he received, according to the Independent Electoral Commission, 54.1 % of the vote. According to the Constitutional Council ( Constitutional Council ) was, however, Laurent Gbagbo re-elected with 51.45% of the vote as president. The choice in the north ( still under control of the rebels ) was, according to Gbagos undemocratic intimidation of his constituents and solid electoral fraud, which led to results that were canceled in some cities. As a result, there was a government crisis during which Ouattara was staying at the Hotel du Golf, which was guarded by soldiers of the Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d' Ivoire ( UNOCI ) and besieged by Gbagbotreuen units. The African Union, the European Union, the United Nations, the U.S., France, Germany and other countries considered Ouattara as the rightful winner of the presidential election.
More than four months after the Ivorian presidential elections Laurent Gbagbo was arrested on April 11, 2011 in his residence in Abidjan. Ouattara was less than a month later, sworn in on May 6 by the Constitutional Council as president of Ivory Coast. May 21, 2011 Ouattara was officially introduced in Yamoussoukro in his office. The ceremony was attended by a number of African leaders and French President Nicolas Sarkozy and UN Secretary General Ban Ki -moon part.
Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, Pope 's ambassador to the West African Ivory Coast, enabled him in November 2012, a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI ..