Jean-Louis Billon

Its octogenarian leader ex-President Henri Konan Bédié has already managed to sideline the young talent in his own party – including bright stars like Kouadio Konan Bertin Jean-Louis Billon and Thierry Tanoh – but he is clear about one thing: the next presidential candidate preferably running under an RHDP flag will come from his party's ranks...

None of the business-oriented PDCI hopefuls (Jean-Louis Billon who lost his ministerial post at Commerce Brou and Thierry Tanoh) has a seat in Parliament...

Others who may also be vying for the party's top job such as Commerce Minister Jean-Louis Billon have been similarly non-committal...

Symbols of a new generation of contenders include former youth leader and dissident Kouadio Konan Bertin Commerce Minister Jean-Louis Billon and former Ecobank boss Thierry Tanoh (AC Vol 55 No 6 Tanoh goes as Ecobank cleans house)...

An interesting case is that of Commerce Minister Jean-Louis Billon (RDR) who is widely seen as having his eye on the presidency (AC Vol 53 No 25 Soro clouds economic revival)...

Other business and banking figures include the new Minister for Trade and the Promotion of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises Jean-Louis Billon a captain of industry...

Jean-Louis Billon President of the Ivorian Chambre de commerce et d'industrie has called on his members not to pay taxes to the Gbagbo regime...

in finance has helped to bolster SIFCA a private firm led by Jean-Louis Billon President of the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Côte d'Ivoire...