List of heads of state of Ivory Coast

This article lists the heads of state of Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, since the country gained independence from France in 1960. Alassane Ouattara has been serving as President of Ivory Coast since 4 December 2010.

Term limits

There is a two-term limit for the president in the new 2016 Constitution of Ivory Coast. This limit has been lifted for Alassane Ouattara, allowing him to run for third and fourth terms.<ref name="termlimits">Template:Cite web</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties

Coalition

Other factions

Symbols

Template:Note label Elected unopposed

Template:Note label Died in office

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Elected	Term of office			Political party Template:Small	Vice-president
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1		Félix Houphouët-Boigny Template:Small	Template:Text Template:Text Template:Text Template:Text Template:Text Template:Text 1990	3 November 1960	7 December 1993Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd	PDCI–RDA	Position not established
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2		Henri Konan Bédié Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	1995	7 December 1993	24 December 1999 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	PDCI–RDA
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 3		Robert Guéï Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	—	24 December 1999	26 October 2000	Template:Ayd	Military
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 4		Laurent Gbagbo Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	2000	26 October 2000	11 April 2011 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	FPI
rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5		Alassane Ouattara Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	2010 2015 2020 2025	4 December 2010	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	RDR Template:Small
Daniel Kablan Duncan
Tiémoko Meyliet Koné

Timeline

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Latest election

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See also

Presidential Palace in Abidjan

• Politics of Ivory Coast
• Vice President of Ivory Coast
• List of heads of government of Ivory Coast
• List of colonial governors of Ivory Coast
• First Lady of Ivory Coast

Sources

• http://www.rulers.org
• Guinness Book of Kings Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd