Ilahiri Alcide Djédjé is an Ivorian

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

 diplomat who was the Permanent Representative of Côte d'Ivoire to the United Nations

United Nations

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 from 2007-2010. He was succeeded by Youssoufou Bamba

Youssoufou Bamba

Youssoufou Bamba is an Ivorian diplomat. He has served as the Permanent Representative of Côte d'Ivoire to the United Nations since 2010; he was appointed to the position by Alassane Ouattara after the latter claimed victory in the disputed presidential election of that year.-Reference:...

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Djédjé graduated from the National School of Administration of Abidjan

Abidjan

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 and from the Institute of Political Studies at Lumière University Lyon 2

Lumière University Lyon 2

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. He held posts at the Ivorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1987 to 1994. He was First Secretary and Consul at the Ivorian Embassy in South Africa

South Africa

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 from 1994 to 2000, then returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Assistant Director of diplomatic privileges and immunities, holding that post from 2002 to 2005.

In January 2005, Djédjé was appointed as Special Adviser of President Laurent Gbagbo

Laurent Gbagbo

Laurent Koudou Gbagbo served as the fourth President of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 until his arrest in April 2011. A historian by profession, he is also an amateur chemist and physicist....

. After two years in that post, he became Permanent Representative to the UN, presenting his credentials on January 11, 2007.