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What is Tidjane Thiam’s nationality?

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Tidjane Thiam was born in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, and had Ivoirian citizenship at birth. He also held French citizenship from 1987 before officially renouncing it in 2025. Thiam did this in anticipation of securing the presidential nomination for his political party, the Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire–African Democratic Rally (Parti Démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire–Rassemblement Démocratique Africain; PDCI-RDA), as Côte d’Ivoire’s constitution holds that presidential candidates must be exclusively Ivoirian citizens. Thiam renounced his French citizenship in February 2025, and this was officially recognized by France the next month.