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What was Tidjane Thiam’s role in Côte d’Ivoire’s government?

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Beginning in 1994, Tidjane Thiam oversaw Côte d’Ivoire’s National Bureau for Technical Studies and Development, an agency in charge of infrastructure projects, and in 1998 he became the minister of planning and development. After a military coup in late 1999 led to the formation of a new government, he declined an offer to work for the new regime.