This article lists events from the year 2017 in the Ivory Coast.
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Incumbents
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- President: Alassane Ouattara
- Vice President: Daniel Kablan Duncan (from January 16) (Note: Vice President position was established January 16)
- Prime Minister: Daniel Kablan Duncan (until January 10); Amadou Gon Coulibaly (from January 10)
Events
editJanuary
edit- 6-8 January - A major mutiny broke out among the army of Ivory Coast.[1][2]
- 6 January - Soldiers seized control of the Ivory Coast's second biggest city Bouaké.[3]
- 10 January - Amadou Gon Coulibaly took over as the new prime minister.
- 16 January - Daniel Kablan Duncan becomes the first Vice President of the Ivory Coast per result of the referendum in where voters approved the 2016 Constitution of the Ivory Coast
May
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edit- Football season: The 2016–17 Ligue 1 comprises 14 teams
Deaths
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- 5 June – Cheick Tioté, footballer (b. 1986)
References
edit- ↑ Bensimon, Cyril (6 January 2017). "En Côte d'Ivoire, coup de colère de militaires qui se sentent « lésés »". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ↑ "Ivory Coast minister freed after troops mutiny deal". Al Jazeera. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ↑ "The events in Ivory Coast last week were a textbook case of mutiny". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ↑ "Ivory Coast: Soldiers cut off second city Bouaké". bbc.co.uk. 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
Links
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Media related to 2017 in Ivory Coast at Wikimedia Commons