Michel Amani N'Guessan

Michel Amani N'Guessan (born 1957) is an Ivorian politician and the current^[1] defence minister of Côte d'Ivoire for the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI).^[2]

Born in Messoukro^[3] village^[4] in 1957, N'Guessan graduated from the University of Abidjan in 1984, with a specialisation in history and geography. He subsequently became a teacher and taught from 1985 to 1999, joining the FPI in 1990.^[3]

N'Guessan was appointed Minister of National Education in January 2000,^[3] during the military rule of Robert Guéï, and retained this post^[5][6][7][8] until April 7, 2007, when he assumed the position of defence minister.^[9]

References

1. ^ "Cote d'Ivoire". World Leaders. Central Intelligence Agency. 2007-07-17. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-c/cote-divoire.html. Retrieved 2007-08-29. 
2. ^ "Côte d'Ivoire". OT Africa Line. http://www.otal.com/French%20Site/cotedivoire/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-29. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Biographie du Ministre" (in French). Ministère de l'Education Nationale. 2004. http://www.mensca-gov-ci.com/biographie.php. Retrieved 2007-08-29. 
4. ^ Dujarric, Stephane (2005-12-20). "Highlights of the Spokesman's Noon Briefing". United Nations. http://www.un.org/News/ossg/hilites/hilites_arch_view.asp?HighID=457. Retrieved 2007-08-29. 
5. ^ Lanoue, Eric (2003). "Gender and Education for All: The Leap to Equality – Côte d’Ivoire" (PDF). Education for All Global Monitoring Report. UNESCO. pp. 16–27. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001468/146800e.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-29. 
6. ^ "List of ministers in Ivory Coast's new government". AFP. 2002-08-05. 
7. ^ "The Full List of Cote d'Ivoire's Transition Cabinet". Panafrican News Agency. 2005-12-28. 
8. ^ "Two ministers dropped in new expanded Ivorian cabinet". Television Ivoirienne, Abidjan (BBC Worldwide Monitoring). 2006-09-16. 
9. ^ "Cote d'Ivoire: Office of the President announces new 33-member cabinet". BBC Monitoring Africa. 2007-04-07. 

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