Laurent Dona Fologo

Laurent Dona Fologo (12 December 1939 – 5 February 2021) was an Ivorian politician.[1]

Laurent Dona Fologo
Laurent Dona Fologo
President of the Economic and Social Council
In office
12 February 2000 – 19 May 2011
Personal details
Born12 December 1939
Sinématiali, French West Africa
Died5 February 2021(2021-02-05) (aged 81)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
NationalityIvorian
Political partyPDCI

Biography

Fologo attended the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille,[2] and subsequently became Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Fraternité Matin. He then served in various ministerial positions in the cabinet of Félix Houphouët-Boigny and became Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PCDI).[3] During the First Ivorian Civil War, he helped to participate in the negotiations between Togo and the Economic Community of West African States.[4] He also participated in the Linas-Marcoussis Accords as a member of the PCDI.[5] Additionally, he served as President of the Economic and Social Council until 19 May 2011.

Laurent Dona Fologi died in Abidjan on 5 February 2021 at the age of 81 from COVID-19.[6][7]

References
  1. "Laurent Dona-Fologo, grande figure de la politique en Côte d'Ivoire, est mort à 82 ans". Le Monde (in French). 6 February 2021.
  2. "Contacts". Annuaire des Anciens de l'ESJ Lille (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2014.
  3. "Laurent Dona Fologo: L'un des « derniers des Mohicans » de l'Houphouétisme a tiré sa révérence". Fratmat.info (in French). 6 February 2021.
  4. "Les accords de sortie de crise en Côte d'Ivoire: de Lomé à Linas-Marcoussis (2002-2003)" (PDF). Revue d’histoire, d’arts et d’archéologie africaines (in French). 2014.
  5. "La crise ivoirienne : de la tentative de coup d'état au Gouvernenment de Réconciliation Nationale" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2003.
  6. "Côte d'Ivoire : Laurent Dona-Fologo, figure politique du pays, est décédé". France 24 (in French). 6 February 2021.
  7. "La Covid-19 emporte Laurent Dona Fologo". 5 February 2021.
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