The Prime Minster of Ivory Coast, Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died. He died at the age of 61.
His death was confirmed by the Secretary to President Alassane Ouattara while reading a statement from the President on state TV.
While confirming Coulibaly’s death, the Secretary said: “Fellow compatriots, Ivory Coast is mourning. It is with deep pain that I announce to you that Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly has left us.”
According to officials, Coulibaly was not well during a ministerial meeting which took place at the presidential palace in Abidjan and was rushed to a hospital where he eventually died. How Coulibaly died still remains unclear.
Coulibaly came back to Ivory Coast recently after he went for medical treatment for two months in France. Some people have speculated that the medical treatment had to do with his 2012 heart transplant.
He became the Prime Minister in January 2017 after serving as the President’s Secretary General for six years.
He was chosen as the candidate of the Republican party in the upcoming October elections but his death could trigger problems as far as the upcoming election is concerned.
