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The President announced the forthcoming formation of a new government. The presidential elections will take place in the West African country in two years’ time
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara dismissed his Prime Minister Patrick Achi. The Prime Minister has been in office since 2021. The President announced the forthcoming formation of a new government. The presidential elections will take place in the West African country in two years’ time.
Ouattara signed a decree terminating the functions of the Prime Minister, and head of government, as well as those of the members of the government. The Ivorian head of state expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Patrick Achi and all the members of the government for their commitment to serving the nation over the past few years, according to the statement issued from the President’s office. This decision was in the air, as the President had informed government members of a forthcoming reshuffle at the last Council of Ministers meeting on September 28.
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Patrick Achi was appointed in March 2021 following the death from cancer of his predecessor, Hamed Bakayoko, who had succeeded Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who died in July 2020. He resigned in April 2022, only to be reappointed in a minor reshuffle. Last month, he won a comfortable victory in local elections in his region of Mé (south). Having won 60% of communes and 80% of regions in the September elections, the RHDP is shaping up to be the clear favorite. Alassane Ouattara has yet to declare whether he intends to run for a fourth term.
