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Guillaume Soro

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Guillaume Soro
Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast
In office
4 April 2007  13 March 2012*
PresidentLaurent Gbagbo
Alassane Ouattara
Preceded byCharles Konan Banny
Succeeded byJeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio
Minister of Defence
In office
11 April 2011  13 March 2012
Preceded byAmani N'Guessan
Succeeded byAlassane Ouattara
Leader of the Patriotic Movement
Assumed office
20 December 2005
Preceded byParty established
Personal details
Born (1972-05-08) 8 May 1972 (age 54)
Diawala, Ivory Coast
Political partyPatriotic Movement

Guillaume Kigbafori Soro (born 8 May 1972) is an Ivorian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from April 2007 to March 2012.[1][2]

Biography

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In July 2023, an investigating judge in Paris, France was appointed to investigate the April 2011 assassination of Ibrahima Coulibaly, a former Ivorian rebel leader, in which Guillaume Soro is believed to have been implicated in the assassination..

References

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  1. Oliver Furley and Roy May. Ending Africa's Wars: Progressing to Peace, 2006. Page 71.
  2. Christopher L. Salter and Joseph John Hobbs. Essentials of World Regional Geography, 2006. Page 489.