84-year-old Ivory Coast President Ouattara appoints brother as vice prime minister
Ivory Coast President, Alassane Ouattara, on Friday appointed his brother Tene Birahima Ouattara as vice prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle.
The junior Ouattara, who is the incumbent Ivory Coast defence minister, now occupies two positions in his elder brother’s government.
The development came a few months after the octogenarian president won a controversial reelection in October 2025.
He was declared winner of the 2025 election for fourth term in office, extending his grip on power for another five years.
Upon becoming president on December 4, 2010, Mr Ouattara reviewed Ivory Coast constitution, scrapping term limit in 2016.
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