Guillaume Soro

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Guillaume Soro is an Ivorian politician and former rebel leader who served as prime minister and later speaker of the National Assembly, playing a central role in his country’s turbulent political and military crises.

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Guillaume Soro canonical 5
Guillaume Kigbafori Soro 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ivorian politician
former rebel leader
human
appointedBy Alassane Ouattara
Laurent Gbagbo
candidateInElection 2020 Ivorian presidential election (attempted)
conflict First Ivorian Civil War
Second Ivorian Civil War
continentOfCitizenship Africa
countryOfBirth Ivory Coast
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire
countryOfCitizenship Ivory Coast
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire
date Ouagadougou Political Agreement:2007-03-04
dateOfBirth 1972-05-08
education University of Ouagadougou
ethnicGroup Senufo people
exile Lived in exile in Europe after 2019
familyName Soro
gender male
givenName Guillaume
ideology Ivorian nationalist politician
languageSpoken French
legalIssue Sentenced in absentia in Ivory Coast on charges including embezzlement and plotting an insurrection
movement Ivorian student union activism in the 1990s
name Guillaume Kigbafori Soro
linked to: Guillaume Soro
notableEvent Survived a 2007 attack on his aircraft in Bouaké
notableFor Central role in Ivory Coast’s political and military crises in the 2000s and 2010s
notableWork Key negotiator in the Ouagadougou Political Agreement
occupation politician
rebel commander
officeEnd President of the National Assembly of Ivory Coast:2019-02-08
Prime Minister of Ivory Coast:2012-03-13
officeStart President of the National Assembly of Ivory Coast:2012-03-12
Prime Minister of Ivory Coast:2007-04-04
placeOfBirth Diawala
politicalMovement Forces Nouvelles de Côte d’Ivoire
politicalParty Rassemblement des Républicains (former affiliation)
Rassemblement pour la Côte d’Ivoire (RACI)
positionHeld Minister of Defence of Ivory Coast
President of the National Assembly of Ivory Coast
Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
Secretary-General of the Forces Nouvelles de Côte d’Ivoire
regionOfActivity West Africa
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Abidjan (former)
linked to: Abidjan
roleInConflict Leader of the New Forces rebellion in the Ivorian Civil War
signedAgreement Ouagadougou Political Agreement

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First Ivorian Civil War keyFigure Guillaume Soro
siege of Abidjan commandedBy Guillaume Soro
Guillaume Soro name Guillaume Kigbafori Soro
linked to: Guillaume Soro