Africa & Middle East · reference
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
Presidential republic under dominant-party rule
SystemPresidential republic under dominant-party rule
Head of statePresident Alassane Ouattara
Head of governmentPrime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé
LegislatureParliament · a 255-seat National Assembly and a Senate
ElectionsElections are held but leading opposition figures were barred from the 2025 presidential ballot
Last election2025-12-27 · parliamentary election, won overwhelmingly by the ruling RHDP
Next election2030 · presidential and parliamentary elections due
Ouattara won a fourth term in October 2025 with 91 percent after courts excluded his strongest challengers, including Tidjane Thiam and Laurent Gbagbo. The world's largest cocoa producer has posted strong growth and become a security anchor of coastal West Africa as Sahel states fall to juntas. Memories of the 2010-11 post-election civil war still shape political caution.
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