Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio
Ivorian politician
Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio (born 6 March 1951) 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.
Ahoussou-Kouadio is a member of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally (PDCI–RDA), a party led by former president Henri Konan Bédié. Since leaving office as prime minister, he has served as president of the Regional Council of Bélier Region and as Minister of State at the Presidency for Political Dialogue and Relations with the Institutions. When the new position as president of the Senate was created in 2018, Ahoussou-Kouadio was appointed to fill it.
Career
Ahoussou-Kouadio was born at Raviart, located in the Tie-N'Diekro subprefecture. A business lawyer by profession, he is a long-time member of the PDCI-RDA and has held various party posts. He was appointed as a member of the Economic and Social Council of Ivory Coast in 1999, and he was elected to the National Assembly of Ivory Coast in the December 2000 parliamentary election, representing the constituency of Didievi and Tie-N'Diekro. At the PDCI-RDA's 11th congress, held in 2002, he was designated as its Deputy Secretary-General for Legal Affairs.
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