Ruler · 1934 – 2023

Henri Konan Bédié

Lived 1934 – 2023; politician, diplomat. President of the Ivory Coast (Ivory Coast), 1993 – 1999.

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Lived: 1934 – 2023; 89 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ivory Coast
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of the Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast · the 2nd of 5 dated reigns · 1960 – 2011

Félix Houphouët-Boigny1960 – 1993

Henri Konan Bédié1993 – 1999

Robert Guéï1999 – 2000

Laurent Gbagbo2000 – 2011

Alassane Ouattara2010 – …

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1993 – 1999 · 6 years · came to it aged 59

Came to it: elected
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

The two main opposition parties, Ouattara's Rally of the Republicans (RDR) and the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), decided to boycott the election, and Bédié won the election with 96% of the vote.

Bédié was overthrown in a military coup on 24 December 1999, after he rejected the demands of soldiers who rebelled on 23 December; one of these demands was for the release of members of the RDR.

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