Elephant; national colors: orange, white, green.
Title | "L'Abidjanaise" (Song of Abidjan) |
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Lyric/music | Mathieu EKRA, Joachim BONY, and Pierre Marie COTY/Pierre Marie COTY and Pierre Michel PANGO |
Date of Independence | 7 August 1960 (from France) |
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National holiday | Independence Day, 7 August (1960) |
Legal system | civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review of legislation held in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court |
International law organization participation | accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction |
Constitution | |
History | Previous 1960, 2000; latest draft completed 24 September 2016, approved by the National Assembly 11 October 2016, approved by referendum 30 October 2016, promulgated 8 November 2016 |
Amendments | Proposed by the president of the republic or by Parliament; consideration of drafts or proposals requires an absolute majority vote by the parliamentary membership; passage of amendments affecting presidential elections, presidential term of office and vacancies, and amendment procedures requires approval by absolute majority in a referendum; passage of other proposals by the president requires at least four-fifths majority vote by Parliament; constitutional articles on the sovereignty of the state and its republican and secular form of government cannot be amended; amended 2020 |
Citizenship | |
Citizenship by birth | no |
Citizenship by descent only | at least one parent must be a citizen of Cote d'Ivoire |
Dual citizenship recognized | no |
Residency requirement for naturalization | 5 years |
Executive Branch | |
Chief of state | President Alassane Dramane OUATTARA (since 4 December 2010) |
Head of government | Prime Minister Robert BREUGRE MAMBE (since 17 October 2023) |
Cabinet | Council of Ministers appointed by the president |
Elections/appointments | president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single renewable 5-year term; election last held on 31 October 2020 (next to be held in 2025); vice president elected on same ballot as president; prime minister appointed by the president; note – because President OUATTARA promulgated the new constitution in 2016, he has claimed that the clock is reset on term limits, allowing him to run for up to two additional terms |
Election results | 2020: Alassane OUATTARA reelected president; percent of vote - Alassane OUATTARA (RDR) 94.3%, Kouadio Konan BERTIN (PDCI-RDA) 2.0%, other 3.7% 2015: Alassane OUATTARA reelected president; percent of vote - Alassane OUATTARA (RDR) 83.7%, Pascal Affi N'GUESSAN (FPI) 9.3%, Konan Bertin KOUADIO (independent) 3.9%, other 3.1% |
Legislative branch | |
Description | Bicameral Parliament consists of: Senate or Senat (99 seats; 66 members indirectly elected by the National Assembly and members of municipal, autonomous districts, and regional councils, and 33 members appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms) National Assembly (255 seats - 254 for 2021-2026 term; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms) |
Elections | Senate - last held on 16 September 2023 (next to be held in September 2028) National Assembly - last held on 6 March 2021 (next to be held on 31 March 2026) |
Election results | Senate - percent by party/coalition NA; seats by party/coalition - RHDP 56, PDCI-RDA 6, independent 2, vacant 2; composition - men 73, women 24, percentage women 15.6% (2 seats vacant); note - 33 members appointed - RHDP 25, independent 8 National Assembly - percent of vote by party/coalition - RHDP 49.2%, PDCI-RRA-EDS 16.5%, DPIC 6%, TTB 2.1%, IPF 2%, other 24.2%; seats by party/coalition - RHDP, 137, PDCI-RRA-EDS 50, DPIC 23, EDS 8, TTB 8, IPF 2, independent 26, vacant 1; composition - men 220, women 34, percentage women 13.4%; note - total Parliament percentage women 16.5% |
Judicial branch | |
Highest court(s) | Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (organized into Judicial, Audit, Constitutional, and Administrative Chambers; consists of the court president, 3 vice presidents for the Judicial, Audit, and Administrative chambers, and 9 associate justices or magistrates) |
Judge selection and term of office | Judges nominated by the Superior Council of the Magistrature, a 7-member body consisting of the national president (chairman), 3 "bench" judges, and 3 public prosecutors; judges appointed for life |
Subordinate courts | Courts of Appeal (organized into civil, criminal, and social chambers); first instance courts; peace courts |
Diplomatic representation in the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador Ibrahima TOURE (since 13 January 2022) |
Chancery | 2424 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 |
Telephone | [1] (202) 797-0300 |
FAX | [1] (202) 204-3967 |
Email address and website | [email protected] Ambassade de Cote D’ivoire aux USA (ambaciusa.org) |
Diplomatic representation from the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador Jessica Davis BA (since 2 March 2023) |
Embassy | B.P. 730 Abidjan Cidex 03 |
Mailing address | 2010 Abidjan Place, Washington DC 20521-2010 |
Telephone | [225] 27-22-49-40-00 |
FAX | [225] 27-22-49-43-23 |
Email address and website | [email protected] https://ci.usembassy.gov/ |
National heritage | |
Total World Heritage Sites | 5 (2 cultural, 3 natural) |
Selected World Heritage Site locales | Comoé National Park (n); Historic Grand-Bassam (c); Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (n); Sudanese-style Mosques (c); Taï National Park (n) |
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