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Laurent Gbagbo

1945 - Today

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Koudou Laurent Gbagbo (Gagnoa Bété: Gbagbo [ɡ͡baɡ͡bo]; French pronunciation: [loʁɑ̃ baɡbo]; born 31 May 1945) is an Ivorian politician who was the president of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 until his arrest in April 2011. A historian, Gbagbo was imprisoned in the early 1970s and again in the early 1990s, and he lived in exile in France during much of the 1980s as a result of his union activism. Gbagbo founded the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) in 1982 and ran unsuccessfully for president against Félix Houphouët-Boigny at the start of multi-party politics in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurent Gbagbo has received more than 861,070 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Laurent Gbagbo is the 3,925th most popular politician (up from 4,019th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Côte d'Ivoire (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ivorian Politician.

Laurent Gbagbo was the president of Cote d'Ivoire until he was overthrown in 2011.

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  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Laurent Gbagbo ranks 3,925 out of 15,577. Before him are Naina Yeltsina, Eric III of Denmark, Ruzi Ying, Paolo Lucio Anafesto, Gundobad, and Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma. After him are Ashur-uballit I, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Livilla, Adad-nirari I, Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, and Wilhelm Gustloff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Laurent Gbagbo ranks 66. Before him are Phil Jackson, Dirk Benedict, Bubba Smith, Pete Townshend, Dennis Rader, and Joseph Kosuth. After him are Linda Lee Cadwell, Ken Hensley, Moncef Marzouki, Bette Midler, Douglas Osheroff, and Haris Silajdžić.

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In Côte d'Ivoire

Among people born in Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo ranks 4 out of 119. Before him are Alassane Ouattara (1942), Didier Drogba (1978), and Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905). After him are Alpha Blondy (1953), Charles Konan Banny (1942), Yaya Touré (1983), Henri Konan Bédié (1934), Robert Guéï (1941), Ahmadou Kourouma (1927), Kolo Touré (1981), and Salomon Kalou (1985).

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Among POLITICIANS In Côte d'Ivoire

Among politicians born in Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo ranks 3. Before him are Alassane Ouattara (1942) and Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905). After him are Charles Konan Banny (1942), Henri Konan Bédié (1934), Robert Guéï (1941), Daniel Kablan Duncan (1943), Bernard Binlin Dadié (1916), Seydou Diarra (1933), Amadou Gon Coulibaly (1959), Hamed Bakayoko (1965), and Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio (1951).

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