Henri Konan Bédié

None of the three main opposition figures - ex President Henri Konan Bédié General Robert Gueï and ex-Premier Alassane Ouattara - turned up at the opening ceremony on 9 October...

Henri Konan Bédié who came to power after the death of Independence leader Félix Houphouët-Boigny in 1993 refused to negotiate with soldiers who mutinied for pay in December 1999...

Former President Henri Konan-Bédié and his old rival Alassane Dramane Ouattara are in exile in France while deposed military leader General Robert Gueï says he still hasn't received his invitation...

We hear that Ouegnin calmly said: 'I accompanied President Félix Houphouët-Boigny to his grave and President Henri Konan Bédié to his helicopter...

Several dubious commercial-diplomatic schemes slipped through the net until the end of 1999 when Jospin's ministers put their feet down hard on Dupuch's proposal of a military expedition to rescue overthrown President Henri Konan-Bédié...

Certainly Gbagbo has wrung every gram of political advantage from the 'Ivoirité' doctrine - Côte d'Ivoire for Ivorians and no 'foreigners' in Ivorian politics - pushed by his ousted predecessors President Henri Konan Bédié and General Robert Gueï...

The party has inherited a strong base all over the country but it is split between reformers and supporters of former President Henri Konan Bédié...

The gendarmérie refused to protect the previous civilian President Henri Konan-Bédié when he was overthrown by a military putsch last December (AC Vol 41 No 1)...

The Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire - formerly the ruling single party - backs Emile-Constant Bombet President Henri Konan Bédié's Interior Minister until Gueï's coup; he could be disqualified because he stands accused of embezzlement...

Gueï had strong suspicions about ex-President Henri Konan Bédié...