Émile Constant Bombet
Émile Constant Bombet | |
|---|---|
 Bombet in 2024 | |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 7 November 1990 – 24 December 1999 | |
| President | Félix Houphouët-Boigny Henri Konan Bédié |
| Prime Minister | Alassane Ouattara Daniel Kablan Duncan |
| Preceded by | Léon Konan Koffi |
| Succeeded by | Issa Diakité |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1941 Rubino, French Ivory Coast, French West Africa |
| Died | 22 July 2026 (aged 85) Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
| Party | PDCI-RDA |
| Occupation | Military officer |
Émile Constant Bombet (16 March 1941 – 22 July 2026) was an Ivorian politician of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA).[1]
Bombet notably served as Minister of the Interior under the governments of Alassane Ouattara and Daniel Kablan Duncan from 1990 to 1999,[2] a time during which he pursued greater austerity measures and directed PDCI-RDA presidential campaigns.[3][4] He was imprisoned in 2000, a result of the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état, which saw President Henri Konan Bédié removed from office.[5] After his popularity surged as a result of the arrest, he unsuccessfully ran for president in 2000.[6]
Bombet died in Abidjan on 22 July 2026, at the age of 85.[7]
References
- ↑ "RCI : décès d'Émile Constant Bombet, figure du PDCI". Agence de Presse Africaine (in French). 22 July 2026. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ Koffi, Serge Alain (7 December 2019). "Présidentielle 2020 en Côte-d'Ivoire: « Il n'y aura pas d'exclusion de candidat y compris moi-même » (Ouattara)". Connectionivoirienne (in French). Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ Bossart, Rita (2005). "En ville, chacun est dans son chacun": une étude anthropologique sur l'importance des relations sociales en cas de maladie à Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) (in French). Peter Lang. p. 70. ISBN 978-3-03910-826-8. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ Smith, Stephen (21 August 2000). "Cinglant désaveu pour Bédié en Côte-d'Ivoire". Libération (in French). Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ Decorse, Jean-Michel (26 February 2000). "Il veut faire libérer son père incarcéré par la junte". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ "Présidentielle 2000". United Nations (in French). Archived from the original on 5 May 2001.
- ↑ "Côte d'Ivoire : Émile Constant Bombet, ancien ministre d'État et figure historique du PDCI-RDA, s'est éteint". Afrik Soir (in French). 22 July 2026. Retrieved 23 July 2026.