Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ivory Coast)

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Ivory Coast
Incumbent
Kacou Houadja Léon Adom
since 18 October 2023
Inaugural holderFélix Houphouët-Boigny
Formation3 November 1960

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ivory Coast is a government minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ivory Coast, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.

The following is a list of foreign ministers of Ivory Coast since its founding in 1960:

No. Name
(Birth–Death)
Portrait Tenure
1 Félix Houphouët-Boigny
(1905–1993)
1960–1963
2 Camille Alliali
(b. 1926)
1963–1966
3 Arsène Assouan Usher
(1930–2007)
1966–1977
4 Simeon Aké
(1932–2003)
1977–1990
5 Amara Essy
(b. 1944)
1990–2000
6 Christophe M'Boua
(1942–2013)
2000
7 Charles Gomis
(1941–2021)
2000
8 Aboudramane Sangaré
(b. 1946)
2000–2003
9 Bamba Mamadou
(b. 1952)
2003–2006
10 Youssouf Bakayoko
(1943–2023)
2006–2010
11 Jean-Marie Kacou Gervais
(b. 1938)
[nb 1]
2010–2011
12 Alcide Djédjé
(b. 1956)
[nb 2]
2010–2011
13 Daniel Kablan Duncan
(b. 1943)
2011–2012
14 Charles Koffi Diby
(1957–2019)
2012–2016
15 Albert Toikeusse Mabri
(b. 1962)
2016
16 Marcel Amon-Tanoh
(b. 1951)
[nb 3]
2016–2020
17 Ally Coulibaly
(b. 1951)
2020–2021
18 Kandia Camara
(b. 1959)
2021–2023
19 Kacou Houadja Léon Adom
(b. 1950)
2023–present

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ From 5 December 2010 under President Alassane Ouattara
  2. ^ Under President Laurent Gbagbo
  3. ^ Acting to 2017

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