Patrick Achi

He has reconfirmed Prime Minister Patrick Achi in post while modestly refreshing the ministerial team...

Whether he will do more depend on two things: the performance of other contenders such as Patrick Achi or Adama Bictogo; and a ruling on the age limit for the presidency which is to be made by Ouattara and the RHDP parliamentarians...

His prime minister Patrick Achi is a hard sell to old RDR members because he came to the party from the PDCI and Bictogo has a chequered past which does not endear him to them...

The official opening on 10 June gathered together French ambassador Jean-Christophe Belliard Ivorian Defence Minister and presidential younger brother Téné Birahima Ouattara and Prime Minister Patrick Achi...

Although competently succeeded in the premiership by Patrick Achi hitherto secretary-general of the presidency and an able technocrat Bakayoko's political savvy and capacity to reach out across partisan divides has not been replaced...

Days before his death he had been replaced as interim Prime Minister by Secretary-General of the Presidency Patrick Achi and as Defence Minister by Ouattara's brother Tene Birahima Ouattara (known as photocopie for his astonishing likeness to the President)...

Ouattara finally has mortally divided his party and the RHDP is now set to become factionalised between the potential frontrunners for its leadership: Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko party director Adama Bictogo and Secretary-General of the Presidency Patrick Achi...

Vice-President Daniel Kablan Duncan and presidency chief of staff Patrick Achi are seen as other potential RHDP candidates...

We hear that Patrick Achi secretary general of the presidency could be appointed as premier freeing up Gon Coulibaly to concentrate on campaigning...

Fresh from the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa Ouattara flew to Paris on 11 February in the company of Prime Minister Gon Coulibaly and Secretary-General to the presidency Patrick Achi...

His party colleague Patrick Achi MP for Adzopé moves from Economic Infrastructure to the far more influential post of Presidency Secretary General...