Ernest Boka

Ernest Boka
Born December 7, 1928
Azaguié, Ivory Coast, French West Africa
Died April 6, 1964
Agboville, Côte d'Ivoire
Nationality Ivorian
Education Doctor of Laws
Occupation Lawyer, minister

Ernest Boka (December 7, 1928 – April 6, 1964) was an Ivorian politician. A lawyer, Boka also served as Chief of Staff for the Governor-General of Côte d'Ivoire in 1957, Minister of National Education in 1958 and Minister of Public Service in 1959. In 1960, he was appointed President of the Supreme Court of Côte d'Ivoire. He headed the Ivorian delegation at the United Nations also in 1960. President Henri Konan Bédié built a mausoleum in his native village of Grand-Morié, a dozen kilometres from Agboville.


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