Aboudramane Sangaré | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office October 2000 – March 2003 | |
President | Laurent Gbagbo |
Preceded by | Charles Gomis |
Succeeded by | Bamba Mamadou |
Personal details | |
Born | M'Bahiakro, French Ivory Coast | March 9, 1946
Died | 3 November 2018 Abidjan, Ivory Coast | (aged 72)
Political party | Ivorian Popular Front |
Aboudramane Sangaré, also spelled Abou Drahamane Sangaré, (March 9, 1946 – November 3, 2018) was an Ivorian politician and co-founder of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) political party. [1] He served as Foreign Minister of Ivory Coast from October 2000 to March 2003 under President Laurent Gbagbo, a close political ally. [2] [3] Sangare was president of a dissident, pro-Gbagbo faction of Ivorian Popular Front members at the time of his death in 2018. [2]
Sangaré first met future President Laurent Gbagbo in 1970 while both were students at the University of Abidjan. [2] In 1971, both were imprisoned by the government of then-President Felix Houphouet-Boigny for their opposition to his government. [2] During the 1980s, Sangare and Gbagbo began to set up their clandestine opposition party. Gbagbo, Sangare, and other allies co-founded the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) in 1988. [2] The party was legalized in 1990.
The government of then-President Henri Konan Bédié imprisoned Sangare from 1994 to 1995. [2]
Laurent Gbagbo became President of Ivory Coast in 2000. He appointed Sangare Foreign Minister from October 2000 to March 2003. [2] The duo remained close after Sangare left office and became head of the FPI. [2]
Sangare remained a close loyalist of former President Gbagbo, former First Lady Simone Gbagbo, and their family even after the ex-president's arrest and trial by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. [2] Sangare denounced the arrest and extradition of Gbagbo to the ICC in The Hague, describing the former president as a "hostage". [2] Sangare also led boycotts of subsequent Ivorian national elections to call for the release of Gbagbo. [2] He and his faction of the FPI condemned the government of President Alassane Ouattara as "undemocratic" at rallies calling for Gbagbo's release. [2] Gbagbo remains on trial for crimes against humanity, as of 2019.
Sangare, who suffered from cancer, was hospitalized at the Hôtel Dieu hospital in Abidjan in October 2018. [2] He died in the same hospital just fifteen days later on November 3, 2018, at the age of 72. [2] [3]
According to Radio France Internationale, Sangare's death dealt a significant blow to the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) party. [2] The RFI described Sangara as "one of the most respected members" within the FPI and an important ally of the Gbagbos. [2] Sangare was president of a dissident, pro-Gbagbo faction of the FPI at the time of his death. [2]
Sangare's death came just ten days after the unexplained disappearance of another major FPI leader, former director general of the port of Abidjan, Marcel Gossio. [2]
Aboudramane Sangaré | |
---|---|
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office October 2000 – March 2003 | |
President | Laurent Gbagbo |
Preceded by | Charles Gomis |
Succeeded by | Bamba Mamadou |
Personal details | |
Born | M'Bahiakro, French Ivory Coast | March 9, 1946
Died | 3 November 2018 Abidjan, Ivory Coast | (aged 72)
Political party | Ivorian Popular Front |
Aboudramane Sangaré, also spelled Abou Drahamane Sangaré, (March 9, 1946 – November 3, 2018) was an Ivorian politician and co-founder of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) political party. [1] He served as Foreign Minister of Ivory Coast from October 2000 to March 2003 under President Laurent Gbagbo, a close political ally. [2] [3] Sangare was president of a dissident, pro-Gbagbo faction of Ivorian Popular Front members at the time of his death in 2018. [2]
Sangaré first met future President Laurent Gbagbo in 1970 while both were students at the University of Abidjan. [2] In 1971, both were imprisoned by the government of then-President Felix Houphouet-Boigny for their opposition to his government. [2] During the 1980s, Sangare and Gbagbo began to set up their clandestine opposition party. Gbagbo, Sangare, and other allies co-founded the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) in 1988. [2] The party was legalized in 1990.
The government of then-President Henri Konan Bédié imprisoned Sangare from 1994 to 1995. [2]
Laurent Gbagbo became President of Ivory Coast in 2000. He appointed Sangare Foreign Minister from October 2000 to March 2003. [2] The duo remained close after Sangare left office and became head of the FPI. [2]
Sangare remained a close loyalist of former President Gbagbo, former First Lady Simone Gbagbo, and their family even after the ex-president's arrest and trial by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. [2] Sangare denounced the arrest and extradition of Gbagbo to the ICC in The Hague, describing the former president as a "hostage". [2] Sangare also led boycotts of subsequent Ivorian national elections to call for the release of Gbagbo. [2] He and his faction of the FPI condemned the government of President Alassane Ouattara as "undemocratic" at rallies calling for Gbagbo's release. [2] Gbagbo remains on trial for crimes against humanity, as of 2019.
Sangare, who suffered from cancer, was hospitalized at the Hôtel Dieu hospital in Abidjan in October 2018. [2] He died in the same hospital just fifteen days later on November 3, 2018, at the age of 72. [2] [3]
According to Radio France Internationale, Sangare's death dealt a significant blow to the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) party. [2] The RFI described Sangara as "one of the most respected members" within the FPI and an important ally of the Gbagbos. [2] Sangare was president of a dissident, pro-Gbagbo faction of the FPI at the time of his death. [2]
Sangare's death came just ten days after the unexplained disappearance of another major FPI leader, former director general of the port of Abidjan, Marcel Gossio. [2]