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A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.

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Robert Guéï

1999–2000 military president of Côte d'Ivoire

Robert Guéï was an Ivorian politician who served as the third president of the Ivory Coast from 24 December 1999 to 26 October 2000. He succeeded President Henri Konan Bédié after the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état and lost to Laurent Gbagbo in the ensuing 2000 Ivorian presidential…
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2000 Ivorian presidential election

Election in Ivory Coast

Presidential elections were held in Ivory Coast on 22 October 2000. Robert Guéï, who headed a transitional military regime following the December 1999 coup d'état, stood as a candidate in the election. All of the major opposition candidates except for Laurent Gbagbo of the…
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