Laurent Dona Fologo
Laurent Dona Fologo (12 December 1939 – 5 February 2021) was an Ivorian politician.[1]
Laurent Dona Fologo | |
|---|---|
 Laurent Dona Fologo | |
| President of the Economic and Social Council | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1939 Sinématiali, French West Africa |
| Died | 5 February 2021 (aged 81) Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
| Nationality | Ivorian |
| Political party | PDCI |
Biography
Fologo attended the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille,[2] and subsequently became Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Fraternité Matin. He then served in various ministerial positions in the cabinet of Félix Houphouët-Boigny and became Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PCDI).[3] During the First Ivorian Civil War, he helped to participate in the negotiations between Togo and the Economic Community of West African States.[4] He also participated in the Linas-Marcoussis Accords as a member of the PCDI.[5] Additionally, he served as President of the Economic and Social Council until 19 May 2011.
Laurent Dona Fologi died in Abidjan on 5 February 2021 at the age of 81.[6]
References
- "Laurent Dona-Fologo, grande figure de la politique en Côte d'Ivoire, est mort à 82 ans". Le Monde (in French). 6 February 2021.
- "Contacts". Annuaire des Anciens de l'ESJ Lille (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2014.
- "Laurent Dona Fologo: L'un des « derniers des Mohicans » de l'Houphouétisme a tiré sa révérence". Fratmat.info (in French). 6 February 2021.
- "Les accords de sortie de crise en Côte d'Ivoire: de Lomé à Linas-Marcoussis (2002-2003)" (PDF). Revue d’histoire, d’arts et d’archéologie africaines (in French). 2014.
- "La crise ivoirienne : de la tentative de coup d'état au Gouvernenment de Réconciliation Nationale" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2003.
- "Côte d'Ivoire : Laurent Dona-Fologo, figure politique du pays, est décédé". France 24 (in French). 6 February 2021.