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Cote d'Ivoire President Ouattara Dissolves Government

© AFP 2023 SIA KAMBOUIvorian President Alassane Ouattara (C), Ivorian Vice-President (R), Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi (2nd L) and Ivorian President of the National Assembly Adama Bictogo (L) cut a ribbon to mark the opening of the International Exhibition of Agriculture and Animal Resources (SARA) at the Abidjan Exhibition Center in Abidjan on September 29, 2023.
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (C), Ivorian Vice-President (R), Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi (2nd L) and Ivorian President of the National Assembly Adama Bictogo (L) cut a ribbon to mark the opening of the International Exhibition of Agriculture and Animal Resources (SARA) at the Abidjan Exhibition Center in Abidjan on September 29, 2023. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 06.10.2023
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The sacked Patrick Achi has served as the West African nation's prime minister since March 2021. At the moment, no official reason has been given for the dismissal of the prime minister and all cabinet members.
President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) disbanded the government and fired the prime minister on Friday, according to the secretary general of the president, Aboudramane Cisse.

"The president expresses his gratitude to Prime Minister Patrick Achi and to all members of the government for their commitment to serving the nation over the past years," Cisse said.

They would continue to hold provisional authority up until the appointment of a new prime minister and government, he added.
In 2025, the country will hold presidential elections. By winning 60% of the municipalities and 80% of the regions in the September elections, the nation's ruling party, the Rally of the Republicans, reportedly promises to be the big favorite of the election. It remains to be seen who its candidate will be: Alassane Ouattara has not yet commented on whether he intends to run for a fourth term.
According to media reports, the president has informed members of the government of an upcoming reshuffle during the last council of ministers, on September 28.
Patrick Achi was appointed in March 2021 after the death from cancer of his predecessor, Hamed Bakayoko, who himself succeeded Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who died in July 2020. He resigned in April 2022, before being reappointed to his post immediately, during a slight reshuffle.
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