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Tidjane Thiam, president of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast, poses in a suit and glasses, looking at the camera with a blurred indoor background.
Tidjane Thiam, the president of the PDCI-RDA political party in CĂ´te d'Ivoire, at the European Union Parliament, Brussels, May 16, 2026.

Tidjane Thiam

Ivoirian-born businessman and politician
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Tidjane Thiam (born July 29, 1962, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) is an Ivoirian-born international businessman and politician who has headed prominent global financial institutions as well as worked in the Ivoirian government. He has served as president of the Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire–African Democratic Rally (Parti Démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire–Rassemblement Démocratique Africain; PDCI-RDA) political party since 2024. Thiam attempted to stand in Côte d’Ivoire’s 2025 presidential election, but his candidacy was disqualified over the dual...

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