List of political parties in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast
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This article lists political parties in Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast is a multiparty state.

The Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) was the sole legal party from 1960 to 1990. It would rule for another nine years until a 1999 coup. The Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) came to power after disputed elections in 2000, and would rule until it was ousted by the Rally of the Republicans in 2010. There are currently more than a hundred legal parties, though few have significant national support.

Current parties

Major parties

English name French name Founded Leader
Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire Parti démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire PDCI 1946 Henri Konan Bédié
Ivorian Popular Front Front populaire ivoirien FPI 1982 Pascal Affi N'Guessan
Ivorian Workers' Party Parti ivoirien des travailleurs PIT 1990 Francis Wodié
Rally of the Republicans Rassemblement des républicains RdR 1994 Alassane Ouattara
The Renaissance La Renaissance La Renaissance 1997 Robert Guéi Bombet

Other parliamentary parties:

Former Rebel Parties

Smaller parties

  • Ivorian People's Party (le Parti du Peuple Ivoirien, lePDPI.org)
  • Citizens' Democratic Union (Union démocratique citoyenne de Côte d'Ivoire, UDCY)
  • Ecological Party (Parti Ecologique Ivoirien PEI)
  • Ivoirian Communist Party (Parti communiste ivoirien, PCI)
  • Liberal Force (Force liberale, FL)
  • Movement for the Total Liberation of Côte d'Ivoire (Mouvement pour la libération totale de la Côte d'Ivoire, MLTCI)
  • Party for the Protection of the Environment (Parti pour la protection de l'environnement, PPE)
  • Party for Progress and Socialism (Parti pour le progrès et le socialisme, PPS)
  • Revolutionary Communist Party of Côte d'Ivoire (Parti communiste révolutionnaire de Côte d'Ivoire, PCRCI)
  • Socialist Front for Independence and Liberty (Front socialiste pour l'indépendance et la liberté, FSIL)
  • Socialist People's Union (Union socialiste du peuple, USP)
  • Union for Democracy and Peace in Côte d'Ivoire (Union pour la démocratie et la paix en Côte d’Ivoire, UDPCI)
  • Union of Social Democrats (Union des socio-démocrates, USD)

See also

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