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Cote d’Ivoire’s President, Alassane Ouattara, has called on citizens to reflect on the works and ideals of the country’s Founding President, Felix Houphouët-Boigny in a message to the country on the 20th anniversary of his (Houphouët-Boigny's) death.
Houphouët-Boigny officially became Cote d’Ivoire’s president on May 1, 1959 and died in office on Dec. 7, 1993 due to a terminal illness.
At the time of his death, Houphouët-Boigny was the longest-serving leader in Africa and the third in the world, after Fidel Castro of Cuba and North Korea’s Kim II Sung.
Ouattara described the former president as a lover of peace and true citizen who stood for the country at critical moments.
He said ``when we look back, we cannot but see the footprints he left behind, we must learn lessons from such footprints.’’
He said ``he cannot be forgotten easily, he was not known to have amassed wealth for himself and his family, he worked for Cote d’Ivoire, his legacies are lessons for today’s leaders.’
Houphouët-Boigny officially became Cote d’Ivoire’s president on May 1, 1959 and died in office on Dec. 7, 1993 due to a terminal illness.
At the time of his death, Houphouët-Boigny was the longest-serving leader in Africa and the third in the world, after Fidel Castro of Cuba and North Korea’s Kim II Sung.
Ouattara described the former president as a lover of peace and true citizen who stood for the country at critical moments.
He said ``when we look back, we cannot but see the footprints he left behind, we must learn lessons from such footprints.’’
He said ``he cannot be forgotten easily, he was not known to have amassed wealth for himself and his family, he worked for Cote d’Ivoire, his legacies are lessons for today’s leaders.’
