The news has made the rounds of Abidjan, while in the afternoon but it is in the early evening on Wednesday 8 July that the presidency has chosen to confirm the death of the ivorian Prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, at the age of 61 years, in the ivorian capital.
"I have deep sorrow to announce to you that the Prime minister, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the head of the government, left us in early this afternoon after having taken part in the council of ministers" said Patrick Achi, reading a statement from president Alassane Ouattara at the public television. Amadou Gon Coulibaly had returned last Thursday from France after two months of hospitalization for heart problems. According to the first information published in the local press, he would have been a malaise at a meeting of the council of ministers. He died after being evacuated to the polyclinic of Pisa.
beyond being the Prime minister of Côte d'ivoire, loyal to the ivorian president had been appointed to be the candidate of the ruling party RHDP for the presidential election of 31 October next. It is with emotion that the head of State has expressed on Twitter.
I pay tribute to my younger brother, my son, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who was, for thirty years, my closest collaborator. pic.twitter.com/M0gk0kPU0W
— Alassane Ouattara (@AOuattara_PRCI) July 8, 2020
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