US EditionEx-Credit Suisse Boss’s Bid to Run in Ivorian Vote Blocked Again
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Ex-Credit Suisse Boss’s Bid to Run in Ivorian Vote Blocked Again
Former Credit Suisse AG Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam’s options to run for president of Ivory Coast this year appear to have been exhausted, after a United Nations agency declined to push for his vote to be reinstated.
Brilliant technocrat, Tidjane Thiam will not be able to run for election in October. He explains and gives a critical statement on the state of the country.
Less than three months before the presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire, the United Nations Human Rights Committee asked the Ivorian authorities on Tuesday 29 July 2025 to "take all necessary measures" to enable Tidjane Thiam, President of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI), to exercise his political rights. The information was made public by one of his lawyers, Me Mathias Chichportich. The former Minister and former CEO of Crédit Sui…
Supporters of Tidjane Thiam, President of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI), in Abidjan, on 31 May 2025. SIA KAMBOU / AFP The United Nations Human Rights Committee called on Côte d'Ivoire on Tuesday, 29 July, to "take all necessary measures" to ensure that Tidjane Thiam, President of the main opposition party, "can exercise his political rights", communicated to Agence France-Presse (AFP) one of his lawyers, Mathias Chichportich. Tidj…
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