25 Notable alumni of
Felix Houphouet-Boigny University
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Felix Houphouet-Boigny University is 1774th in the world, 39th in Africa, and 1st in Ivory Coast by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 25 notable alumni from Felix Houphouet-Boigny University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Faustin-Archange Touadéra
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- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Faustin-Archange Touadéra is a Central African politician and academic who has been President of the Central African Republic since March 2016. He previously was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from January 2008 to January 2013. In the December 2015 – February 2016 presidential election, he was elected to the presidency in a second round of voting against former prime minister Anicet Georges Dologuélé. He was re-elected for a second term on 27 December 2020.
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Guillaume Kigbafori Soro
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- politician
- Biography
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Guillaume Kigbafori Soro is an Ivorian politician who was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from April 2007 to March 2012. Prior to his service as Prime Minister, Soro led the Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire, and later the New Forces as its Secretary-General. In March 2012, Soro became President of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire. He stepped down from that position in February 2019, announcing in June 2019 that he is running to succeed President Alassane Ouattara.
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Simone Gbagbo
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- politiciantrade unionisthistorianteacher
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Simone Ehivet Gbagbo is an Ivorian politician. She is the president of the Parliamentary Group of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) and is a vice-president of the FPI. As the wife of Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 to 2011, she was also First Lady of Ivory Coast prior to their arrest by pro-Ouattara forces.
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Charles Blé Goudé
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- politician
- Biography
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Charles Blé Goudé is an Ivorian political leader, born at Guibéroua, in the centre west of the country. He was acquitted by the International Criminal Court on the 15th Jan 2019 of crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Côte d'Ivoire during the presidency of Laurent Gbagbo.
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Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo
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- politicianpresident
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Jean-Baptiste Philippe Ouédraogo, also referred to by his initials JBO, is a Burkinabé physician and retired military officer who served as President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983. He has since mediated a few national political disputes and operates a clinic in Somgandé.
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Kandia Camara
- Occupations
- foreign ministerpoliticiandeputyeducation minister
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Kandia Camara is an Ivorian teacher and politician who is the President of the Senate of Ivory Coast since 12 October 2023. She is the former minister of foreign affairs in the government of President Alassane Ouattara.
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Amadou Koné
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- 1953-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacher
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Amadou Koné is a writer from Côte d'Ivoire.
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Philippe Mangou
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- military personnel
- Biography
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Philippe Mangou was the head of the armed forces of Ivory Coast from 2004 until 2011.
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Mariatou Koné
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- politician
- Biography
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Mariatou Koné is an Ivorian academic and a professor of Anthropology at the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny who was appointed Minister of Solidarity, Women and Child Protection in 2017.
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Véronique Tadjo
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- children's writerpoetteachernovelistwriter
- Biography
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Véronique Tadjo is a writer, poet, novelist, and artist from Côte d'Ivoire. Having lived and worked in many countries within the African continent and diaspora, she feels herself to be pan-African, in a way that is reflected in the subject matter, imagery and allusions of her work.
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Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio
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- politician
- Biography
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Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio is an Ivorian politician who was Prime Minister of Ivory Coast from March 2012 to November 2012. In April 2018, he was appointed president of the Senate of Ivory Coast and served until October 2023. Previously he was Minister of Industry from 2002 to 2005 and Minister of Justice from 2010 to 2012.
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Mamady Youla
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Mamady Youla is a Guinean businessman and politician who was the Prime Minister of Guinea from 2015 to 2018.
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Charles Koffi Diby
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Charles Koffi Diby was a politician from Ivory Coast. He was the Minister of Economy and Finance from April 2007 to November 2012. Then he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ivory Coast from 2012 to 2016. He died on 7 December 2019, aged 62.
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Titinga Frédéric Pacéré
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- 1943-2024 (aged 81)
- Occupations
- historianjuristpoetlawyer
- Biography
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Titinga Frédéric Pacéré was a Burkinabé solicitor, writer, poet and griot and founder and curator of the Musée de Manega museum in Burkina Faso.
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Amadou Soumahoro
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- civil servantpolitician
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Amadou Soumahoro was an Ivorian politician. He served in the National Assembly constituency of Séguéla and was President of the National Assembly from 7 March 2019 until his death on 7 May 2022. He also served as President of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie from 9 July 2019 until his death.
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Younoussi Touré
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- poet
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Younoussi Touré was a Malian politician. He was Prime Minister of Mali from 9 June 1992 to 12 April 1993 and was the first prime minister appointed under President Alpha Oumar Konaré. Touré was the president of the Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD), a political party, from 2003 to 2014. He was First Vice-President of the National Assembly from 2007 to 2012 and President of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2013.
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Augustin Thiam
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- journalistphysiciangovernor
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Augustin Abdoulaye Thiam Houphouët is an Ivorian politician. Since 2011, he has been the governor of the Yamoussoukro Autonomous District.
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Marie-Roger Biloa
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Cameroon - Occupations
- journalisttelevision presentereditor-in-chief
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Marie-Roger Biloa is a Cameroonian magazine editor, television show host, journalist, filmmaker and president of various community-oriented initiatives. She lives in France, from where she hosts a television talk show. In France, she was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. For her work as a journalist, she has also received the Percy Qoboza Award. Ms Biloa owns a website named Africa-international.info.
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Michel Amani N'Guessan
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- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michel Amani N'Guessan is an Ivorian politician and the current defence minister of Côte d'Ivoire for the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI).
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Kouassi Kouamé Patrice
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- politician
- Biography
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Kouassi Kouamé Patrice aka KKP, (baoulé first name), is an Ivorian lawyer and politician.
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Georges Chikoti
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Georges Rebelo Chikoti is an Angolan diplomat. He is, since 1 March 2020, the Secretary General of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). He served as Angola's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2017.
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Mireille Dosso
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- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- virologistresearchermicrobiologist
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Mireille Carmen Dosso is a Comorian-born Ivorian microbiologist and virologist. Appointed director of the Pasteur Institute in Abidjan in 2004, she has recently become one of the leading Africans to be involved in the fight against COVID-19. She has previously been successful in fighting other viruses, including the H1N1 swine fever pandemic and dengue fever in 2019.
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Fadika Kramo-Lanciné
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- film directorscreenwriter
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Fadika Kramo-Lanciné was an Ivorian film director as well as a screenwriter and producer of both fiction and documentary films.
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Youssoufou Bamba
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- 1949-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
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Youssoufou Bamba was an Ivorian diplomat. He served as the Permanent Representative of Côte d'Ivoire to the United Nations from 2010 to 2014; when he was appointed to the position by Alassane Ouattara after the latter claimed victory in the disputed presidential election of that year.
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Adjoavi Trenou
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- politician
- Biography
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Marguerite Adjoavi Trenou was a Togolese activist and politician. She was one of six women elected to the Parliament of Togo in 1979; the others were Abra Amedomé, Cheffi Meatchi, Kossiwa Monsila, Essohana Péré, and Zinabou Touré. At one time she served as the Secretary General of the National Union of Women of Togo. She obtained her law degree from the University of Abidjan in 1971 and accepted to the Togolese bar after obtaining her CAPA (Certificate of Aptitude to the Profession of Attorney) in 1972; Prior to that, she was Secretary General of the Togolese Chamber of Commerce and Director of the Togolese Caisse National de Sécurité Sociale. She was a former principal of the École Normale des Jeunes filles in Rufisque. She was buried in Lomé on November 22, 2008.
