Jean-Louis Billon

In all camps there are capable younger political figures – such as Jean-Louis Billon in Bédié's Parti démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) or Georges Ouegnin from the Gbagbo-loyalist Ensemble pour la démocratie et la souveraineté (EDS)...

It was rumoured that the threat of financial or tax probes hung over Thierry Tanoh and Jean-Louis Billon the most likely younger alternatives to Bédié as candidate for the opposition Parti démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI)...

Activists backing younger politicians such as Jean-Louis Billon or even Thierry Tanoh may voice dissent...

) The former ministers Thierry Tanoh and Jean-Louis Billon are the names most often cited and the latter certainly seeks to present the PDCI as a 'team' (AC Vol 60 No 7 Electoral arithmetic)...

Some speculate that he might copy Malaysia's nonagenarian Mahathir Mohamad and promise to stand aside after a year or two in favour of a vice-presidential running mate from the younger generation – such as Thierry Tanoh or Jean-Louis Billon...

Bédié has already sent the PDCI Executive Secretary former commerce minister and businessman Jean-Louis Billon to see Gbagbo in his Brussels home to prepare the ground for a direct meeting between the two...

She thanked Ouattara for releasing the prisoners but it didn't stop her meeting PDCI secretary Jean-Louis Billon two days later...

Its octogenarian leader ex-President Henri Konan Bédié has already managed to sideline the young talent in his own party – including bright stars like Kouadio Konan Bertin Jean-Louis Billon and Thierry Tanoh – but he is clear about one thing: the next presidential candidate preferably running under an RHDP flag will come from his party's ranks...

None of the business-oriented PDCI hopefuls (Jean-Louis Billon who lost his ministerial post at Commerce Brou and Thierry Tanoh) has a seat in Parliament...

Others who may also be vying for the party's top job such as Commerce Minister Jean-Louis Billon have been similarly non-committal...