Politics
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Political structure
- Official name: République de Côte d’Ivoire
- Form of state: Unitary republic
Legal system
Based on the July 2000 constitution and the Napoleonic Code
National legislature
National Assembly; 255 members elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term
National elections
The latest presidential election took place in October 2015; the next presidential election is scheduled for 2020; a legislative election was held in December 2016; the next legislative election is due in 2021
Head of state
The president, elected by universal suffrage to a five-year term in October 2015
National government
A new government was appointed in January 2016 following the October 2015 presidential election; last reshuffle in July 2018
Main political parties
A new unified party, the Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP) was created in mid-2018. It includes the ruling Rassemblement des républicains (RDR), the Union pour la démocratie et la paix en Côte d’Ivoire (UDPCI) and other smaller parties. The other main parties are the Parti démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire-Rassemblement démocratique africain (PDCI-RDA—known as the PDCI), Parti ivoirien des travailleurs (PIT) and Union démocratique et citoyenne (UDCY); the former ruling party, the Front populaire ivoirien (FPI), is not represented in parliament following its boycott of the 2011 poll, but it maintains considerable popular support
Key ministers
- President: Alassane Ouattara
- Vice-president: Daniel Kablan Duncan
- Prime minister & state budget & portfolio: Amadou Gon Coulibaly
- President of the National Assembly: Guillaume Soro
- Agriculture & rural development: Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly
- Animal & fish resources: Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani
- Culture: Maurice Kouakou Bandaman
- Communication & media: Sidi Tiémoko Touré
- Construction & urban planning: Bruno Nabagne Koné
- Defence: Hamed Bakayoko
- Economy & finance: Adama Koné
- Employment & social security: Pascal Abinan Kouakou
- Foreign affairs: Marcel Amon-Tanoh
- Health & public hygiene: Aouélé Eugene Aka
- Higher education & scientific research: Abdallah Albert Toikeusse Mabri
- Industry & commerce: Souleymane Diarrassouba
- Interior & security: Sidiki Diakite
- Justice: Sansan Kambilé
- Mines & geology: Jean-Claude Kouassi
- Petroleum, energy & renewables: Thierry Tanoh
- Planning & development: Nialé Kaba
- Public service: Issa Coulibaly
- Sport: Paulin Danho
- Transport: Amadou Koné
- Water & forest: Alain-Richard Donwahi
Governor of the regional central bank (BCEAO)
- Koné Tiémoko Meyliet
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