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Alassane Ouattara
Ivoirian Pres. Alassane Ouattara addresses the United Nations General Assembly, New York City, September 25, 2013.
In March 2020, Alassane Ouattara announced he would not seek a third term as president of CĂ´te dâIvoire and endorsed Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly as the candidate for the RHDP party in the upcoming October 2020 presidential election.12
However, Amadou Gon Coulibaly died unexpectedly in July 2020. His sudden passing left the RHDP without a candidate, which prompted Ouattara to reverse his earlier decision and announce in August that he would stand for a third term himself.12