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NAME: Félix Houphouët-Boigny
OCCUPATION: Doctor, World Leader, Prime Minister
BIRTH DATE: c. October 18, 1905
DEATH DATE: December 07, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH: Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire
PLACE OF DEATH: Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire

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Politician and physician Félix Houphouët-Boigny was president of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) from its independence in 1960 until his death in 1993.

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Félix Houphouët-Boigny began his political career as a cofounder of the African Agricultural Syndicate. In the first Côte d'Ivoire elections (1945) he was elected a deputy to the French National Assembly and was reelected in 1946. That year he also founded the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI). He became prime minister in 1959 and the first president of the independent country in 1960.

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