Topic: Laurent Gbagbo
Quotes
I want a government that serves the interests of the Ivorian people and not the orders of political parties
Ivory Coast election delayed again? Feb 14, 2010
The international community will hold those who act to thwart the democratic process and the will of the electorate accountable for their actions
Ivory Coast presidential rivals sworn in Dec 04, 2010
When it's something to do with Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa, France speaks and the rest follow
PM: Civil war is under way in Ivory Coast Jan 01, 2011
If you attack Ivory Coast as you want to, it will be your grave
U.N.: Gbagbo blocking mass-graves probe Jan 02, 2011
I'll go back to be at the disposal of my governmen
Ivory Coast envoy reports for duty Feb 22, 2011
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo (French pronunciation: ; born 31 May 1945) served as the fourth President of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 until his arrest in April 2011. A history teacher by profession, he is also 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 (FPI) in 1982 and ran unsuccessfully for President against Félix Houphouët-Boigny at the start of multi-party politics in 1990. Eventually he won a seat in the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire.
Gbagbo became president after Robert Guéï, head of a military junta, barred other leading politicians from running against Gbagbo in the October 2000 presidential election. Gbagbo claimed victory after the election and his supporters took to the streets toppling Guéï. Gbagbo was then installed as President.
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