Houphouët-Boigny, Félix, 1905-1993
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Boigny, Félix Houphouët-, 1905-1993
Houphouët-Boigny, Félix, Pres. Ivory Coast, 1905-
Houphouët, Djaha, 1905-1993
Houphouët, Félix, 1905-1993
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- Organization: Syndicat agricole africain
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Yamoussoukro (Côte d'Ivoire)
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found: Blanchet, A. L'itinéraire des partis ... 1958
found: His Textes de référence, 1980:t.p. (Félix Houphouet-Boigny)
found: MAGS3 01-21-98(d. Dec. 1993)
found: Wikipedia WWW site, June 1, 2006(Félix Houphouët-Boigny; b. Oct. 18, 1905, Yamoussoukro; d. Dec. 7, 1993; first president of Côte d'Ivoire (1960-1993))
found: Britannica.com, February 18, 2016(born Oct. 18, 1905?, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire; died Dec. 7, 1993, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire; politician and physician who was president of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) from independence in 1960 until his death in 1993)
found: Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 2017:pages 13-14 (after being elected deputy to the Assemblée nationale française in 1945, he added "Boigny" to his family name, a name from his great-grandfather, meaning "bélier" [ram] in the Baoulé language) pages 26-27 (born Djaha Houphouët at N'Gokro [later renamed Yamoussoukro]; converted to Christianity and given name Félix, 1917; founded the Syndicat agricole africain in 1944; created the Parti démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) two years later, which would be in power during his entire presidency; elected president of the Rassemblement démocratique africain (RDA) in 1946; in 1953 he was elected president of the Assemblée territoriale de Côte d'Ivoire, created in 1952; remained there until 1959; in 1956 he was also elected mayor of the city of Abidjan, and remained so until 1960, when he was elected president)
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1980-06-12: new
2019-05-02: revised
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