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Saturday, 23 December 2023
APRNEWS : Thiam elected leader of Ivory Coast opposition
APRNEWS - Ivorian-French banker Tidjane Thiam was Friday elected leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Ivory Coast, a victory which puts him in position to contest the next presidential election in 2025.
APRNEWS - Thiam, a former boss of banking giant Credit Suisse, won very comfortably with 96.5 percent of the vote against 3.2 percent for his rival Jean-Marc Yace, the mayor of a commune in the economic hub Abidjan, according to the results announced late Friday.
"It is with great humility that I accept the responsibility that you have decided to entrust to me," Thiam said.
More than 6,000 delegates took part in the vote at a party congress in the capital Yamoussoukro.