Daniel Kablan Duncan is a 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...

 politician who was Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire

Heads of government of Côte d'Ivoire

-Prime Ministers of Côte d'Ivoire :-Affiliations:-Sources:*http://www.rulers.org* Guinness Book of Kings Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd...

 from 11 December 1993 to 24 December 1999. Since June 2011, he has served in the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

He was appointed as Prime Minister following the death of President Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Félix Houphouët-Boigny , affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux, was the first President of Côte d'Ivoire. Originally a village chief, he worked as a doctor, an administrator of a plantation, and a union leader, before being elected to the French Parliament and serving in a number of...

 on 7 December 1993 and the subsequent resignation of Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara

Alassane Ouattara

Alassane Dramane Ouattara is an Ivorian politician who has been President of Côte d'Ivoire since 2011. An economist by profession, Ouattara worked for the International Monetary Fund and the Central Bank of West African States , and he was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from November 1990 to...

after a power struggle for the presidency. Duncan had been Minister of Finance under Ouattara and remained in charge of finance when he became Prime Minister. He said that he would continue Ouattara's economic policies of austerity and privatization.

He was named Minister of Foreign Affairs by President Alassane Ouattara on 1 June 2011.