Chief of the Defence Staff (Ivory Coast)

The Chief of the Defence Staff (French: Chef d'état-major des armées—CEMA) is the professional head of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast. The Chief of the Defence Staff is appointed by the President of Ivory Coast, who is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces according to the Constitution.

Chief of the Defence Staff of Ivory Coast
Chef d'état-major des armées de la Côte d'Ivoire
Incumbent
Army corps general Lassina Doumbia
since 28 December 2018
Armed Forces
TypeChief of staff
StatusSenior-most officer
AbbreviationCEMA
AppointerPresident of Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara
Term lengthNot fixed
Inaugural holderArmy corps general Thomas d'Aquin Ouattara
Formation1960

The current Chief of the Defence Staff is Army corps general Lassina Doumbia, since 28 December 2018.[1]

List of chiefs of the defence staff
No. Portrait Chief of the Defence StaffTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branchRef
1
Ouattara, ThomasArmy corps general
Thomas d'Aquin Ouattara
(1916–1990)		1960197413–14 yearsArmy–
2
Coulibaly, IbrahimaArmy corps general
Ibrahima Coulibaly		197419794–5 yearsArmy–
3
Baroan, BertinDivisional general
Bertin Zézé Baroan		197919877–8 yearsArmy–
4
Ory, FélixBrigadier general
Félix Ory		198719902–3 yearsArmy–
5
Guéï, RobertBrigadier general
Robert Guéï
(1941–2002)
[lower-alpha 1]		199019954–5 yearsArmy–
6
Timité, LassanaVice admiral
Lassana Timité		199519993–4 yearsNavy–
7
Diabagaté, SoumaïlaBrigadier general
Soumaïla Diabagaté		199920000–1 yearsArmy–
8
Doué, MathiasDivisional general
Mathias Doué
(1946–2017)
[lower-alpha 2]		200020043–4 yearsArmy–
9
Mangou, PhilippeArmy corps general
Philippe Mangou
(born 1952)
[lower-alpha 3]		200420116–7 yearsArmy[2]
10
Bakayoko, SoumailaArmy corps general
Soumaila Bakayoko
(born 1953)
[lower-alpha 4]		7 July 20119 January 20175 years, 182 daysArmy[3]
11
Touré, SékouArmy corps general
Sékou Touré
(born 1956)		9 January 201728 December 20181 year, 353 daysArmy[4]
12
Doumbia, LassinaArmy corps general
Lassina Doumbia		28 December 2018Incumbent2 years, 39 daysArmy[1]

Notes
  1. Later staged the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état, and served as head of state from 1999 until 2000.
  2. Removed following the 2004 French–Ivorian clashes.
  3. Removed following the Second Ivorian Civil War.
  4. Previously served as the Chief of Staff of the rebel FNCI. Dismissed following the 2017 Ivory Coast mutinies.

See also

References
  1. Vincent Duhem (4 April 2019). "General Lassina Doumbia, keeping the Ivorian army in line". The Africa Report. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. "Mouvements à la tête de l'armée ivoirienne". Le Nouvel Observateur. 2004-11-25.
  3. "Ivory Coast ex-rebel commander Bakayoko named army head". BBC News. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  4. Ange Aboa (9 January 2017). "Ivory Coast's president dismisses heads of army, police, gendarmes". Reuters. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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