Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny, affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux, was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first president of Ivory Coast, from 1960 until his death in 1993. A
Houphouët-Boigny in 1962
The Palais Bourbon, where Houphouët-Boigny was appointed to the territorial commission
Houphouët-Boigny in 1958
Boigny with Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, 1962
Henri Konan Bédié
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Aimé Henri Konan Bédié was an Ivorian politician. He was President of Côte d'Ivoire from 1993 to 1999, and formerly President of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally. Prior t
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
…onwards, while the president was hospitalised in France. There was a struggle for power, which ended when Houphouët-Boigny rejected Ouattara in favour of Henri Konan Bédié, the president of the National Assembly. In December 1993, Houphouët-Boigny, terminally ill with prostate cancer, was urgently flown back to Côte…
Bédié in 1997