List of heads of state of Ivory Coast

The following is a list of heads of state of Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, since the country gained independence from France in 1960.

Key

Political parties
  •   Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire – African Democratic Rally (PDCI–RDA)
  •   Ivorian Popular Front (FPI)
  •   Rally of the Republicans (RDR)
Other factions
  •   Military
Symbols
  • § Elected unopposed
  •  Died in office

Presidents (1960–present)

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Elected Term of office Political party Vice-President
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Houphouet-Boigny.jpg Félix Houphouët-Boigny
(1905–1993)
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
3 November 1960 7 December 1993 33 years, 34 days PDCI–RDA Position not established
2 Henri Konan Bédié, président du PDCI, 24 avril 2017 (cropped).jpg Henri Konan Bédié
(1934–)
1995 7 December 1993 24 December 1999 6 years, 17 days PDCI–RDA
3 No image.png Robert Guéï
(1941–2002)
24 December 1999 26 October 2000 307 days Military
4 IC Gbagbo Motta eng 195.jpg Laurent Gbagbo
(1945–)
2000 26 October 2000 11 April 2011 10 years, 167 days FPI
5 A. Ouattara.jpg Alassane Ouattara
(1942–)
2010
2015
2020
4 December 2010 Incumbent 10 years, 3 days RDR
Daniel Kablan Duncan