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Alassane Ouattara

1942 - Today

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Alassane Dramane Ouattara (; French pronunciation: [alasan wataʁa]; born 1 January 1942) is an Ivorian politician and economist who has been President of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) since 2010. An economist by profession, he worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of West African States (French: Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, BCEAO), and was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from November 1990 to December 1993, appointed to that post by then-President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Ouattara became the president of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR), an Ivorian political party, in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alassane Ouattara is the 2,179th most popular politician (down from 1,238th in 2019), the most popular biography from Côte d'Ivoire and the most popular Ivorian Politician.

Alassane Ouattara is most famous for being the president of Cote d'Ivoire. He was the first president in Cote d'Ivoire's history to be elected in a democratic election.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alassane Ouattara ranks 2,179 out of 19,576Before him are Śuddhodana, Al-Hakam II, Euric, Userkaf, António Costa, and Gyeongjong of Joseon. After him are Elisa Bonaparte, Yakov Sverdlov, Mike Pence, Leopoldo Galtieri, Helenus, and Antiochus II Theos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Alassane Ouattara ranks 50Before him are Jacques Rogge, Martin Rees, Michel Mayor, Jochen Rindt, Lou Reed, and Giacinto Facchetti. After him are Giancarlo Giannini, Sixto Rodriguez, The Iron Sheik, George Vella, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, and Conrad Schumann.

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In Côte d'Ivoire

Among people born in Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara ranks 1 out of 140After him are Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905), Laurent Gbagbo (1945), Didier Drogba (1978), Jean-Pierre Kutwa (1945), Alpha Blondy (1953), Yaya Touré (1983), Henri Konan Bédié (1934), Sangoulé Lamizana (1916), Robert Guéï (1941), Bernard Agré (1926), and Ahmadou Kourouma (1927).

Among POLITICIANS In Côte d'Ivoire

Among politicians born in Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara ranks 1After him are Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905), Laurent Gbagbo (1945), Henri Konan Bédié (1934), Sangoulé Lamizana (1916), Robert Guéï (1941), Charles Konan Banny (1942), Daniel Kablan Duncan (1943), Bernard Binlin Dadié (1916), Seydou Diarra (1933), Amadou Gon Coulibaly (1959), and Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio (1951).