2017 in Ivory Coast explained

This article lists events from the year 2017 in the Ivory Coast.

Incumbents

• President: Alassane Ouattara
• Vice President: Daniel Kablan Duncan (from January 16) (Note: Vice President position was established January 16)
• Prime Minister: Daniel Kablan Duncan (until January 10); Amadou Gon Coulibaly (from January 10)

Events

January

• 6-8 January - A major mutiny broke out among the army of Ivory Coast.^{[1] [2]}
• 6 January - Soldiers seized control of the Ivory Coast's second biggest city Bouaké.^[3]
• 10 January - Amadou Gon Coulibaly took over as the new prime minister.
• 16 January - Daniel Kablan Duncan becomes the first Vice President of the Ivory Coast per result of the referendum in where voters approved the 2016 Constitution of the Ivory Coast

May

• 12 May - Soldiers mutiny against the government again over a pay dispute by blocking access to Ivory Coast's second largest city, Bouaké.^[4]

Sport

• Football season: The 2016–17 Ligue 1 comprises 14 teams

Deaths

• 5 June  - Cheick Tioté, footballer (b. 1986)

Notes and References

1. News: En Côte d'Ivoire, coup de colère de militaires qui se sentent « lésés » . Le Monde. Cyril . Bensimon . fr . 6 January 2017. 19 February 2017.
2. News: Ivory Coast minister freed after troops mutiny deal. Al Jazeera. 9 January 2017. 19 February 2017.
3. News: The events in Ivory Coast last week were a textbook case of mutiny . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-05-08 . 0190-8286.
4. Web site: Ivory Coast: Soldiers cut off second city Bouaké.