Youssouf Bakayoko

Youssouf Bakayoko (born 19 April 1943) is a politician and diplomat from Cote d'Ivoire. He served in the Ivorian government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 3 January 2006 to March 2010. Since 2010, he has been President of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), presiding over the 2010 presidential election.

Youssouf Bakayoko
Youssouf Bakayoko with Obamas

He obtained in 1969 a license from the University of Paris-Nanterre. He then entered the diplomatic service and completed postgraduate studies at Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and at the Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale in Paris, from which he graduated in 1971 and 1972 respectively.[1]

References
  1. "Youssouf BAKAYOKO". Abidjan.net.
  • (in French)
  • Biography African People Database


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