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Côte d'Ivoire

Robert Guéï

Date of Birth: 16 March 1941
Place of Birth: Kabakouma, Man Department, Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District
Died: 19 September 2002


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The 'Soro ranks'

Gendarmerie officers in particular remember their crucial role in bringing him to power in October 2000 in a popular revolt against attempts by the then military ruler General Robert Gueï to rig elections...


Bane of Banny

Many of those subsequently arrested were from the western Yacouba ethnic group of late military ruler General Robert Gueï worsening ethnic divisions in the government army...


Time's up

Robert Gueï (December 1999-October 2000) also get allowances rather than proper pay...


No polls, no peace

Robert Gueï had excluded any other serious contenders but when his mandate runs out on 30 October he loses even that legitimacy...


At war with the peacekeepers

Robert Gueï who was murdered at the start of the rebellion in September 2002 (AC Vol 43 No 19) is a compelling argument for staying out of politics...


Unlikely heirs

The Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) Alassane Ouattara's Rassemblement des Républicains the Union pour la Démocratie et la Paix en Côte d'Ivoire of followers of late military leader General Robert Gueï and Anaky Kobenan's Mouvement des Forces de l'Avenir plan an alliance of Houphouëtistes claiming the mantle of founding President Félix Houphouët-Boigny whose autocratic rule is now recalled as an era of unity prosperity and ethnic tolerance...


Cocoa wars

At the time Gbagbo had just wrested power from military leader General Robert Gueï and was keen to win over the powerful cocoa growers...


Parallel universe

Robert Gueï; and key figures in the Garde Républicaine (GR) GSPR and the presidential couple's personal security...


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