Laurent Gbagbo

Laurent Gbagbo is an Ivorian politician who served as president of Côte d’Ivoire from 2000 to 2011. His disputed 2010 election defeat triggered a crisis that ended with his arrest.

Alassane Ouattara: Alassane Ouattara is an Ivorian politician who became president of Côte d’Ivoire in 2011. The rival candidate whose victory Gbagbo rejected in the 2010 election.
2010 Ivorian presidential election: The election in which Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo both claimed victory in Côte d’Ivoire. Its contested result set off the crisis that ended Gbagbo’s presidency.
Ivorian Civil War: An armed conflict in Côte d’Ivoire from 2002 to 2007 between government forces and rebel groups. The rebellion divided the country during Gbagbo’s presidency and shaped the later crisis.
Ivorian Popular Front: A political party in Côte d’Ivoire founded by Laurent Gbagbo and his allies in 1982. The party built Gbagbo’s opposition base and carried him into the presidency.
Henri Konan Bédié: Henri Konan Bédié is an Ivorian politician who served as president from 1993 to 1999. His presidency preceded Gbagbo’s, and his political alliance later helped Ouattara.
2010–2011 Ivorian crisis: A political and military crisis in Côte d’Ivoire following the disputed 2010 presidential election. Gbagbo’s refusal to relinquish power drove the crisis’s central confrontation.
Ivorian political crisis: A prolonged struggle over political authority, citizenship, and national identity in Côte d’Ivoire. Gbagbo’s disputed election was one acute episode in these wider conflicts.
Felix Houphouët-Boigny: Felix Houphouët-Boigny was Côte d’Ivoire’s first president, serving from independence in 1960 until 1993. Gbagbo opposed the long-dominant political order established under Houphouët-Boigny.
Robert Guéï: Robert Guéï was an Ivorian general who led a military government from 1999 until 2000. He seized power before the election that brought Gbagbo to the presidency.
Capture of Laurent Gbagbo: The April 2011 arrest of Laurent Gbagbo by forces supporting Alassane Ouattara, assisted by French forces. His capture ended his presidency and transferred control to Ouattara’s government.

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