Ivory Coast’s Ouattara Appoints Duncan as Prime Minister
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Ivory Coast’s former foreign affairs minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, was named prime minister of the world’s biggest cocoa producer a week after the country’s government was dissolved.
Duncan, a 69-year-old economist, was appointed in a decree from President Alassane Ouattara, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, general secretary of the presidency, told reporters today in Abidjan, the commercial capital. He replaces Jeannot Kouadio Ahoussou, who held the top government job since March. Duncan said he will announce ministerial appointments soon, without giving details.