Laurent Gbagbo
Democracy activist, Politician
1945 –
Who is Laurent Gbagbo?
Laurent Gbagbo was the President of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 until his arrest in April 2011.
A historian by profession, as well as an amateur chemist and physicist, Gbagbo was imprisoned in the early 1970s and again in the early 1990s, and he lived in exile in France during much of the 1980s as a result of his union activism. Gbagbo founded the Ivorian Popular Front in 1982 and ran unsuccessfully for President against Félix Houphouët-Boigny at the start of multi-party politics in 1990. He also won a seat in the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire in 1990.
Gbagbo claimed victory after Robert Guéï, head of a military junta, barred other leading politicians from running in the October 2000 presidential election. The Ivorian people took to the streets, toppling Guéï. Gbagbo was then installed as President.
Following the 2010 presidential election, Gbagbo challenged the vote count, alleging fraud. He called for the annulment of results from nine of the country's regions. Alassane Ouattara was declared the winner and was recognized as such by election observers, the international community, the African Union, and the Economic Community of West African States.
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- Born
- May 31, 1945
Gagnoa - Spouses
- Simone Gbagbo
(1989/01/19 - ) - Nadiana Bamba
- Jaqueline Chanoos
(1967/07/20 - 1982/06)
- Simone Gbagbo
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny
(1969 - ) - Master's Degree, University of Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne
(1970 - ) - Doctorate, University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot
(1979 - ) - University of Lyon
- Bachelor's degree, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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on July 23, 2013
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