Amadou Gon Coulibaly was an Ivorian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Ivory Coast from January 2017 until his death in July 2020. He was the ruling party's candidate in the 2020 Ivorian presidential election and had been among the favorites to win. He had previously served as the secretary-general of the presidency under President Alassane Ouattara from 2011 to 2017.
Born : 10 February 1959
Abidjan, French West Africa
(now Ivory Coast)
Died : 8 July 2020 (aged 61)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Political party : Rally of the Republicans
Amadou Gon Coulibaly, a candidate for president in a coming election, died suddenly, the country’s president announced on Wednesday.
The death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, cast uncertainty on the West African country’s presidential election in three months, in which he was to be the ruling party’s candidate. The cause of death was not immediately clear.
He died shortly after he came back from France, after a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday afternoon, where he had received medical treatment for a heart condition for two months.