Hamed Bakayoko
Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (2020-2021)
Hamed Bakayoko (8 March 1965 – 10 March 2021) was an Ivorian politician. He served as Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast (officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire) from 8 July 2020 until his death on 10 March 2021. He was also the Minister of Defence from 2017 until his death. Bakayoko was born in Abidjan.
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Bakayoko had tested positive to COVID-19 more than three different times between April 2020 and February 2021. He also had malaria. On 10 March 2021, he died of cancer at a hospital in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He died two days after his 56th birthday.[1]
References
change- ↑ Aboa, Ange (11 March 2021). "Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko dies in Germany at 56". Reuters. Retrieved 11 March 2021.