Robert Guéï
Sign in to saveIvorian politician (1941-2002)
Key facts
- Prime minister
- Seydou Diarra
- Preceded by
- Henri Konan Bédié
- Succeeded by
- Laurent Gbagbo
- Born
- ( 1941-03-16 ) 16 March 1941, Man Department , French West Africa
- Died
- 19 September 2002 (2002-09-19) (aged 61), Cocody , Abidjan , Ivory Coast
- Party
- Independent
- Other political affiliations
- Union for Democracy and Peace in Ivory Coast
- Spouse
- Rose Guéï (?–2002; their deaths )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ivory Coast
- Place of birth
- Man
- Place of death
- Cocody
- Occupation
- minister
- Position held
- President of the Ivory Coast
- Educated at
- École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
- Political party
- Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Robert Guéï.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-03-16
- date of death
- 2002-09-19
- manner of death
- homicide
- name in native language
- Robert Guéï
- Commons category
- Robert Guéï
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Guéï ( French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ ɡe.i]; 16 March 1941 – 19 September 2002) was an Ivorian politician who served as the third president of the Ivory Coast from 24 December 1999 to 26 October 2000. He succeeded President Henri Konan Bédié after the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état and lost to Laurent Gbagbo in the ensuing 2000 Ivorian presidential election. Guéï, his wife Rose Doudou Guéï, and his children were killed on 19 September 2002 on the first day of the First Ivorian Civil War.
Biography
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