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
Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny is the former First Lady of Ivory Coast. Her husband was Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the first President of Ivory Coast from 1962 to 1993.
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
…the Eburnian Movement, was formed and Houphouët-Boigny accused its leader Kragbé Gnagbé of wishing to secede. Houphouët-Boigny married the much younger Marie-Thérèse Brou in 1952, having also divorced his first wife of twenty-two years earlier in 1952. The couple had no children of their own, but adopted Abla Pokou…
Marie and her husband Félix Houphouët-Boigny at the White House attending a state dinner with U.S. President John F. Kennedy and his wife First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962