Former Ivory Coast Prime Minister Elimane Diarra Is Dead
Former Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Seydou Elimane Diarra (86), is dead.
This is coming thirteen days after the death(on July 8) of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly; who passed on at a hospital, after a council meeting.
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Diarra served the nation in that capacity, in year 2000, and from 2003 to 2005.
The country’s President Alassane Ouattara, confirmed this in a tweet on Monday.
“It is with great sadness that I learned of the death of my uncle, Seydou Elimane Diarra, former Prime Minister of Cote d’Ivoire.
“I salute the memory of a great diplomat, a statesman and of consensus, to whom my wife Dominique and I were very attached,” he tweeted.
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The government did not disclose what caused his demise, at the time of this report.
