Guillaume Kigbafori Soro
| Guillaume Soro | |
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| President of the National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 12 March 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Mamadou Koulibaly |
| Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast | |
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In office 4 April 2007 – 13 March 2012* |
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| President |
Laurent Gbagbo Alassane Ouattara |
| Preceded by | Charles Konan Banny |
| Succeeded by | Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 11 April 2011 – 13 March 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Amani N'Guessan |
| Succeeded by | Alassane Ouattara |
| Leader of the Patriotic Movement | |
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Assumed office 20 December 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Party established |
| Personal details | |
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8 May 1971 Diawala, Ivory Coast |
| Political party | Patriotic Movement |
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Guillaume Kigbafori Soro (born 8 May 1971) is an Ivorian politician who was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from April 2007 to March 2012. Prior to his service as Prime Minister, Soro led the Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire, and later the New Forces as its Secretary-General. Since March 2012, Soro has been President of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire.
Soro led the Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire (MPCI) in a September 2002 rebellion against President Laurent Gbagbo that triggered the Ivorian Civil War. In December 2002 Soro's MPCI combined with two other rebel groups, the Ivorian Popular Movement of the Great West (MPIGO) and the Movement for Justice and Peace (MJP), to form the New Forces (Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire). He was appointed as Secretary-General of the New Forces.
Following a peace agreement in January 2003, Soro was appointed to the government as Minister of Communications. The New Forces ministers began a boycott of cabinet meetings in September 2003, returning in January 2004. After an opposition demonstration held in Abidjan in March 2004 was violently broken up, President Gbagbo dismissed Soro and two other ministers from their positions. Soro denounced the dismissals, saying they were effectively a coup by Gbagbo against the peace agreement. On 9 August 2004 Soro was reinstated.
On 28 December 2005, Soro was appointed as Minister of Reconstruction and Reintegration by Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny. He attended his first cabinet meeting in this capacity on 15 March 2006.
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