Ivory Coast court removes former Credit Suisse CEO from the presidential ballot

Ivorian court orders opposition leader Thiam off presidential ballot

An Ivory Coast court on Tuesday estimated that opposition leader Tidjane Thiam had lost his Ivorian nationality, preventing him from running in the October presidential election. The court believes that Thiam, who became head of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI) this month, forfeited his nationality when he acquired French citizenship in 1987. Elitsa Gadeva has this report.

Ivory Coast court removes main opposition leader from electoral list

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Former Credit Suisse CEO removed from presidential election after dropping French citizenship to run

Ivory Coast court removes former Credit Suisse CEO from the presidential ballot

A lawyer says an Ivory Coast court has ruled that former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam is ineligible to run for president because of his dual Ivorian-French nationality.

I.Coast opposition leader Thiam barred from presidential election

An Ivory Coast court on Tuesday struck main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam off the nation's electoral list, closing the door on him running in a presidential election in October.

On Tuesday, Ivorian justice found that the President of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire "had lost Ivorian nationality when he acquired French nationality". Mr. Thiam had renounced it in March in order to be able to run for election scheduled for October.