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Félix Houphouët-Boigny

1905 - 1993

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Félix Houphouët-Boigny (French: [feliks ufwɛ(t) bwaɲi]; 18 October 1905 – 7 December 1993), affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux ("The Old One"), was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first president of Ivory Coast from 1960 until his death in 1993. A tribal chief, he worked as a medical aide, union leader, and planter before being elected to the French Parliament in 1945. He served in several ministerial positions within the Government of France before leading Ivory Coast following independence in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Félix Houphouët-Boigny has received more than 732,078 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Félix Houphouët-Boigny is the 2,777th most popular politician (up from 3,785th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Côte d'Ivoire (up from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ivorian Politician.

Félix Houphouët-Boigny was the first president of Côte d'Ivoire, a country in Africa. He was a politician and a diplomat. He was most famous for leading the country to independence from France.

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Among politicians, Félix Houphouët-Boigny ranks 2,777 out of 19,576. Before him are Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, John Sherman, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, and Otto III, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Moctezuma I, Vsevolod I of Kiev, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Cao Fang, Sheikh Hasina, and Tiu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Félix Houphouët-Boigny ranks 31. Before him are Gerard Kuiper, Władysław Gomułka, Raymond Cattell, Carl Gustav Hempel, Dalton Trumbo, and Ulf von Euler. After him are Marian Rejewski, Max Schmeling, Otto Preminger, Dhyan Chand, Nikolai Tikhonov, and Enrique Ballestrero. Among people deceased in 1993, Félix Houphouët-Boigny ranks 25. Before him are Inge Lehmann, Polykarp Kusch, Kōbō Abe, Bill Bixby, Wolfgang Paul, and Brandon Lee. After him are Dizzy Gillespie, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, W. Edwards Deming, Lillian Gish, Cantinflas, and Arthur Ashe.

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In Côte d'Ivoire

Among people born in Côte d'Ivoire, Félix Houphouët-Boigny ranks 2 out of 140. Before him are Alassane Ouattara (1942). After him are Didier Drogba (1978), Laurent Gbagbo (1945), Henri Konan Bédié (1934), Alpha Blondy (1953), Yaya Touré (1983), Robert Guéï (1941), Sangoulé Lamizana (1916), Ahmadou Kourouma (1927), Jean-Pierre Kutwa (1945), and Charles Konan Banny (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In Côte d'Ivoire

Among politicians born in Côte d'Ivoire, Félix Houphouët-Boigny ranks 2. Before him are Alassane Ouattara (1942). After him are Laurent Gbagbo (1945), Henri Konan Bédié (1934), Robert Guéï (1941), Sangoulé Lamizana (1916), Charles Konan Banny (1942), Daniel Kablan Duncan (1943), Bernard Binlin Dadié (1916), Amadou Gon Coulibaly (1959), Seydou Diarra (1933), and Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio (1951).

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