Ivory Coast: tributes follow one another after the death of Charles Konan Banny
Charles Konan Banny, former Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire, died in Paris at the age of 78 on September 10, 2021. AFP Photo / Sia Kambou
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Tributes follow one another within the Ivorian political class, since Friday, September 10 and the announcement of the death of Charles Konan Banny in France, at the age of 78 years.
Patron of the BCEAO for fifteen years, he was for sixteen months the head of government of a shattered country, between 2005 and 2007. He also headed, from 2011 to 2014, the Dialogue, Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CDVR), of which conclusions and recommendations have often gone unheeded.
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Charles Konan Banny was known to be a man of consensus who had ties to all political families.
So everyone sent their condolences.
"
Charles Konan Banny was a great servant of the State, a leading political figure whose contribution to national reconciliation was important
", reacted on social networks President Alassane Ouattara, a few hours after the death of his successor at the head of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
In the process, Prime Minister Patrick Achi expressed "
his infinite sadness
", underlining the "
enlightened and fraternal advice
" of the one of whom he was the minister.
For his part, the former president Henri Konan Bédié "
mourns a brother
", writes the former single party.
The two men had fought for control of the Houphouëtist formation in the 2000s. At that time, Charles Konan Banny had entered active politics, becoming interim Prime Minister under Laurent Gbagbo.
The latter shared his “
lively emotion
” and saluted his memory.
His successor to the prime minister's office, Guillaume Soro, told him that Charles Konan Banny had "
changed
" his "
perception of Ivorian politics and some of its actors.
"
Another tribute: former Beninese President Boni Yayi deplored the death of an "
excellent technocrat, goldsmith in monetary, financial and banking matters
".
“
Africa has just lost one of its illustrious sons,
” added Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo.
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