Jean-Louis Billon

) 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...

Symbols of a new generation of contenders include former youth leader and dissident Kouadio Konan Bertin Commerce Minister Jean-Louis Billon and former Ecobank boss Thierry Tanoh (AC Vol 55 No 6 Tanoh goes as Ecobank cleans house)...

An interesting case is that of Commerce Minister Jean-Louis Billon (RDR) who is widely seen as having his eye on the presidency (AC Vol 53 No 25 Soro clouds economic revival)...

Other business and banking figures include the new Minister for Trade and the Promotion of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises Jean-Louis Billon a captain of industry...