Amadou Gon Coulibaly belongs to the political record as a figure whose decisions outlasted the moment that produced them.
The record lists Amadou Gon Coulibaly as Ivorian politician (1959–2020).
Amadou Gon Coulibaly was born at Abidjan in 1959. His recorded nationality is Ivory Coast.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
He served as Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (2017–2020).
His political affiliation is recorded as Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally and Rally of the Republicans.
Political reputations are settled slowly, and rarely by the people who made them.
That the career was made in Ivory Coast is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Amadou Gon Coulibaly died in 2020, aged 61. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (2017–2020)
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