Patrick Achi

Achi, born in Paris to an Ivorian father (from the Attié tribe located in the South region) and a French Breton mother. He was educated in France and the United States.

Between 2010 and 2017, Achi was Minister of Economic Infrastructure for the governments of successive Prime Ministers Guillaume Soro (2010–2012), Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio (2012) and Daniel Kablan Duncan (2012–2017).[3]

Achi was appointed acting prime minister on 8 March 2021 to assume the duties of Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, who had been hospitalized. Bakayoko died two days later.[4] Achi was appointed as the Prime Minister on 26 March 2021 by President Ouattara.[5] In this capacity, he emerged as a key figure in discussions to resolve a large power generation deficit that had strained electricity supplies in urban areas for several weeks.[6]

In October 2021, his name was mentioned in the Pandora Papers. He controlled (at least until 2006) Allstar Consultancy Services Limited, an offshore company located in the Bahamas and created in 1998 through a nominee, while Achi was government commissioner with the Ivorian Electricity Company (CIE) and technical advisor to the Minister of Energy.

On 13 April 2022, he and his government resigned.[7] On 19 April, he was reappointed as Prime Minister by President Ouattara but with a cabinet reshuffle and the formation of a second government.[8]

Ouattara along with dissolving the government, removed Achi from his position on 6 October 2023, but officially resigned in 18 October same year.[9]

• International Monetary Fund (IMF), ex officio Member of the Board of Governors[10]

On 16 April 2020, Achi announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was self-isolating until further notice.[11] In May 2021, he was flown to Paris due to "severe fatigue" and for medical checks.[12] He has 5 children.