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Cote d'Ivoire Swears In New Vice President

Cote d'Ivoire has a new vice president in Koné Tiémoko Meyliet, who was sworn in on April 20, 2022, at the presidential palace in Abidjan-Plateau, before the Constitutional Council.

Meyliet expressed his gratitude towards President Alassane Ouattara, for entrusting him with the position, saying, "I would like to express to you my deep gratitude and my infinite gratitude for the great confidence thus placed in my person".

Former Prime Minister Patrick Achi and his Cabinet unexpectedly tendered their resignation on April 13, 2022 after only one year in office. Achi became prime minister in April 2021, as the West African nation was in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Abidjan, the capital of Cote d'Ivoire (file photo).

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