Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has named former prime minister Daniel Kablan Duncan as his choice for vice-president, a new post created under a constitution approved by referendum late last year.
Ivory Coast President Ouattara names ex-PM as vice-president
Duncan, an economist by training, has served in various posts at the West African central bank and as finance minister and is among Ouattara’s closest long-time collaborators.
He resigned as prime minister on Monday.
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Ouattara had on Monday dismissed the security chiefs in the country after a two-day army mutiny that spread unrest across the West African nation.