Michel Amani N'Guessan

Michel Amani N'Guessan (born 1957) is an Ivorian politician and the current[1] defence minister of Côte d'Ivoire for the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI).[2]

Born in Messoukro[3] village[4] in 1957, N'Guessan graduated from the University of Abidjan in 1984, with a specialisation in history and geography. He subsequently became a teacher and taught from 1985 to 1999, joining the FPI in 1990.[3]

N'Guessan was appointed Minister of National Education in January 2000,[3] during the military rule of Robert Guéï, and retained this post[5][6][7][8] until April 7, 2007, when he assumed the position of defence minister.[9]

References

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  2. ^ "Côte d'Ivoire". OT Africa Line. http://www.otal.com/French%20Site/cotedivoire/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-29. 
  3. ^ a b c "Biographie du Ministre" (in French). Ministère de l'Education Nationale. 2004. http://www.mensca-gov-ci.com/biographie.php. Retrieved 2007-08-29. 
  4. ^ Dujarric, Stephane (2005-12-20). "Highlights of the Spokesman's Noon Briefing". United Nations. http://www.un.org/News/ossg/hilites/hilites_arch_view.asp?HighID=457. Retrieved 2007-08-29. 
  5. ^ Lanoue, Eric (2003). "Gender and Education for All: The Leap to Equality – Côte d’Ivoire" (PDF). Education for All Global Monitoring Report. UNESCO. pp. 16–27. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001468/146800e.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-29. 
  6. ^ "List of ministers in Ivory Coast's new government". AFP. 2002-08-05. 
  7. ^ "The Full List of Cote d'Ivoire's Transition Cabinet". Panafrican News Agency. 2005-12-28. 
  8. ^ "Two ministers dropped in new expanded Ivorian cabinet". Television Ivoirienne, Abidjan (BBC Worldwide Monitoring). 2006-09-16. 
  9. ^ "Cote d'Ivoire: Office of the President announces new 33-member cabinet". BBC Monitoring Africa. 2007-04-07.