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President · Ivory Coast

Alassane Ouattara

274 recorded engagements, 2011–2025: 273 visits, 1 phone call and 35 signed agreements.

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274Engagements
273Visits
1Phone calls
0Video conferences
35Signed agreements
49Destination countries
132Multilateral summits
2011–2025Years in LEAD

Biography

President of Ivory Coast since 2010

Alassane Dramane Ouattara (; French pronunciation: [alasan wataʁa]; born 1 January 1942) is an Ivorian politician and economist who has been President of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) since 2010. An economist by profession, he worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of West African States (French: Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, BCEAO), and was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from November 1990 to December 1993, appointed to that post by then-President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Ouattara became the president of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR), an Ivorian political party, in 1999.

== Early and personal life ==

Ouattara was born on 1 January 1942, in Dimbokro in Cote d’Ivoire He is a descendant on his father's side from Sekou Ouattara and the Muslim rulers of the Kong Empire—also known as the Wattara (Ouattarra) Empire. Ouattara is Muslim and is a member of the Dyula people. He received a B.Sc. in Business Administration in 1965 from the Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ouattara then obtained both his M.A. in economics in 1967 and a Ph.D. in economics in 1972 from the University of...

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Where they travelled

Ivory Coast   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • France70
  • Nigeria24
  • Ghana20
  • Ethiopia13
  • Senegal11
  • United States of America11
  • Burkina Faso11
  • Benin8
  • Liberia7
  • Niger7
  • Saudi Arabia7
  • Togo6

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations274
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs131
  • Trade and Economic Relations52
  • Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues3
  • Environment and Climate Change2

Activity by year

2011: 22 engagements2012: 25 engagements2013: 31 engagements2014: 19 engagements2015: 25 engagements2016: 22 engagements2017: 21 engagements2018: 11 engagements2019: 22 engagements2020: 9 engagements2021: 15 engagements2022: 21 engagements2023: 13 engagements2024: 13 engagements2025: 5 engagements2011201520202025

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
2011-07-16LiberiaHigh-level politics
2011-11-14TogoFunctional cooperation
2011-11-17Burkina FasoFunctional cooperation
2011-11-17NigerFunctional cooperation
2011-11-23BelgiumFunctional cooperation
2012-04-02SenegalHigh-level politics
2012-07-13EthiopiaHigh-level politics
2012-07-17ChinaHigh-level politics
2012-07-24FranceFunctional cooperation
2012-11-11NigeriaHigh-level politics
2012-12-02FranceHigh-level politics
2012-12-16NigerHigh-level politics
2013-02-16ChadHigh-level politics
2013-06-24CameroonHigh-level politics
2014-07-09GhanaHigh-level politics
2014-07-29Burkina FasoHigh-level politics
2014-10-06South KoreaFunctional cooperation
2014-11-28SenegalHigh-level politics
2014-11-30FranceHigh-level politics
2014-12-07Saudi ArabiaFunctional cooperation
2015-01-19BeninHigh-level politics
2015-01-20MoroccoFunctional cooperation
2015-01-28EthiopiaHigh-level politics
2015-03-25TurkeyFunctional cooperation
2015-09-12SenegalHigh-level politics
2016-04-20United States of AmericaEnvironmental Agreement
2016-05-02AlgeriaFunctional cooperation
2016-06-06GhanaHigh-level politics
2017-07-17BeninFunctional cooperation
2017-10-17GhanaFunctional cooperation
2017-11-05United States of AmericaEconomics
2018-04-16KuwaitFunctional cooperation
2019-07-30Burkina FasoFunctional cooperation
2022-07-20South AfricaFunctional cooperation
2024-08-03SenegalFunctional cooperation

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2011-03-09 – 2011-03-11Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2011-03-11 – 2011-03-13VisitNigeria · Abuja
2011-05-12 – 2011-05-13VisitSenegal · Dakar
2011-05-25 – 2011-05-29Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2011-05-29VisitNigeria · Abuja
2011-06-28 – 2011-07-02Visit SummitEquatorial Guinea · Malabo
2011-07-16Visit SummitLiberia · MonroviaAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2011-07-26 – 2011-07-29VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2011-08-01VisitNigeria · Abuja
2011-08-08VisitChad · N'Djamena
2011-08-12 – 2011-08-28VisitFrance · Paris
2011-09-10Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2011-09-14 – 2011-09-15VisitFrance · Paris
2011-09-19 – 2011-09-24Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2011-10-06VisitGhana · Accra
2011-10-20 – 2011-11-20VisitMali · Bamako
2011-11-14VisitBenin · Cotonou
2011-11-14 – 2011-11-15VisitTogo · LoméAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2011-11-17 – 2011-11-18VisitBurkina Faso · OuagadougouAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2011-11-17VisitNiger · NiameyAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2011-11-23VisitBelgium · BrusselsAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2011-12-01VisitGuinea · Conakry
2012-01-25 – 2012-01-27VisitFrance · Paris
2012-01-27 – 2012-01-30Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2012-02-11 – 2012-02-12VisitGabon · Libreville
2012-02-12 – 2012-02-13Visit SummitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
2012-02-16 – 2012-02-17Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2012-02-18Visit SummitBenin · Cotonou
2012-03-17 – 2012-03-18VisitBenin · Cotonou
2012-04-02Visit SummitSenegal · DakarAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2012-04-29 – 2012-05-03VisitFrance · Paris
2012-05-03Visit SummitSenegal · Dakar
2012-05-03 – 2012-05-08VisitFrance · Paris
2012-07-06 – 2012-07-07Visit SummitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
2012-07-13 – 2012-07-16Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis AbabaAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2012-07-17 – 2012-07-20Visit SummitChina · BeijingAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2012-07-24 – 2012-07-26VisitFrance · ParisAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2012-07-26 – 2012-07-29VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2012-08-10VisitGhana · Accra
2012-08-12 – 2012-08-16Visit SummitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
Show all 274 engagements
DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2012-08-16 – 2012-08-26VisitFrance · Paris
2012-10-04 – 2012-10-05Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2012-10-12 – 2012-10-14Visit SummitDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Kinshasa
2012-11-11Visit SummitNigeria · AbujaAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2012-11-16VisitVatican · Vatican City
2012-12-02 – 2012-12-08Visit SummitFrance · ParisAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2012-12-16 – 2012-12-17Visit SummitNiger · NiameyAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2013-01-15 – 2013-01-17VisitGermany · Berlin
2013-01-27 – 2013-01-28Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2013-02-16Visit SummitChad · N'DjamenaAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2013-02-22Visit SummitEquatorial Guinea · Malabo
2013-03-08 – 2013-03-09VisitBenin · Cotonou
2013-03-10VisitGuinea · Conakry
2013-03-25 – 2013-03-27Visit SummitSouth Africa · Durban
2013-03-29 – 2013-04-11VisitFrance · Paris
2013-04-30Visit SummitLiberia · Monrovia
2013-05-12 – 2013-05-13VisitQatar · Doha
2013-05-14 – 2013-05-15Visit SummitBelgium · Brussels
2013-05-31 – 2013-06-03Visit SummitJapan · Yokohama
2013-06-05VisitFrance · Paris
2013-06-07 – 2013-06-09VisitRepublic of the Congo · Brazzaville
2013-06-15 – 2013-06-17Visit SummitGabon · Libreville
2013-06-24 – 2013-06-25Visit SummitCameroon · YaoundéAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2013-07-16 – 2013-07-18Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2013-07-18 – 2013-07-19VisitTogo · Lomé
2013-08-09 – 2013-08-27VisitFrance · Paris
2013-09-05 – 2013-09-08VisitFrance · Paris
2013-09-13 – 2013-09-14VisitNigeria · Abuja
2013-09-14 – 2013-09-15VisitTogo · Lomé
2013-09-19VisitMali · Bamako
2013-09-22 – 2013-09-30Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2013-10-16 – 2013-10-17Visit SummitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
2013-10-19VisitLiberia · Monrovia
2013-10-24 – 2013-10-25Visit SummitSenegal · Dakar
2013-10-25 – 2013-11-06VisitFrance · Paris
2013-12-03 – 2013-12-07Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2013-12-10VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2013-12-17Visit SummitNiger · Niamey
2014-02-02 – 2014-03-02VisitFrance · Paris
2014-05-04Visit SummitGuinea · Conakry
2014-05-30Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2014-06-06Visit SummitFrance · Ouistreham
2014-07-09 – 2014-07-10Visit SummitGhana · AccraAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2014-07-29 – 2014-07-31Visit SummitBurkina Faso · OuagadougouAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2014-08-05 – 2014-08-06Visit SummitUnited States of America · Washington
2014-08-15VisitFrance · Paris
2014-09-07 – 2014-09-09Visit SummitUnited Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi
2014-09-22 – 2014-09-26Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2014-10-06 – 2014-10-10VisitSouth Korea · SeoulAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2014-10-12 – 2014-10-15Visit SummitMorocco · Rabat
2014-10-19 – 2014-10-21Visit SummitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
2014-11-06 – 2014-11-07Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2014-11-07VisitNigeria · Abuja
2014-11-28 – 2014-11-30Visit SummitSenegal · DakarAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2014-11-30 – 2014-12-04Visit SummitFrance · ParisAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2014-12-07 – 2014-12-09VisitSaudi Arabia · RiyadhAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2014-12-14 – 2014-12-15Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2015-01-19Visit SummitBenin · CotonouAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2015-01-20 – 2015-01-24VisitMorocco · RabatAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2015-01-26 – 2015-01-27VisitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
2015-01-28 – 2015-01-31Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis AbabaAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2015-02-04 – 2015-02-08Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2015-03-25 – 2015-03-28VisitTurkey · AnkaraAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2015-04-20VisitNigeria · Abuja
2015-04-28VisitTogo · Lomé
2015-05-11VisitSwitzerland · Geneva
2015-06-14 – 2015-06-15Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2015-06-16 – 2015-06-17VisitFrance · Paris
2015-07-21Visit SummitRepublic of the Congo · Brazzaville
2015-08-08 – 2015-08-11VisitFrance · Paris
2015-08-11VisitItaly · Rome
2015-08-27 – 2015-08-28Visit SummitGabon · Libreville
2015-08-29VisitTogo · Lomé
2015-09-12Visit SummitSenegal · DakarAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2015-09-22Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2015-11-07VisitFrance · Paris
2015-11-11 – 2015-11-12Visit SummitMalta · Valletta
2015-11-29 – 2015-12-03Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2015-12-04 – 2015-12-07Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2015-12-14VisitGuinea · Conakry
2015-12-16 – 2015-12-17Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2015-12-29VisitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
2016-01-07 – 2016-01-10Visit SummitBenin · Cotonou
2016-01-29 – 2016-01-31Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2016-04-09 – 2016-04-12Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2016-04-13 – 2016-04-15Visit SummitTurkey · Ankara
2016-04-20 – 2016-04-22VisitUnited States of America · WashingtonAgreement signedEnvironmental Agreement
2016-05-02 – 2016-05-05VisitAlgeria · AlgiersAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2016-06-04 – 2016-06-05Visit SummitSenegal · Dakar
2016-06-06Visit SummitGhana · AccraAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2016-07-11Visit SummitNiger · Niamey
2016-07-15 – 2016-07-18Visit SummitRwanda · Kigali
2016-08-08 – 2016-08-20VisitFrance · Paris
2016-08-25 – 2016-08-28Visit SummitKenya · Nairobi
2016-09-16 – 2016-09-18Visit SummitCanada · Ottawa
2016-09-19 – 2016-09-23Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2016-09-28 – 2016-09-29VisitFrance · Paris
2016-09-30VisitIsrael · Jerusalem
2016-10-15Visit SummitTogo · Lomé
2016-11-13 – 2016-11-15Visit SummitMorocco · Marrakech
2016-11-22 – 2016-11-23Visit SummitEquatorial Guinea · Malabo
2016-11-23 – 2016-11-25VisitFrance · Paris
2016-11-26 – 2016-11-27Visit SummitMadagascar · Antananarivo
2016-12-17 – 2016-12-19Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2017-01-07 – 2017-01-08VisitGhana · Accra
2017-02-18VisitGambia · Banjul
2017-03-04VisitBenin · Cotonou
2017-03-11 – 2017-03-18VisitFrance · Paris
2017-05-17 – 2017-05-18Visit SummitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
2017-06-03 – 2017-06-04Visit SummitLiberia · Monrovia
2017-06-10 – 2017-06-13VisitFrance · Paris
2017-06-25 – 2017-06-27VisitFrance · Paris
2017-07-01 – 2017-07-04Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2017-07-15VisitLiberia · Monrovia
2017-07-17 – 2017-07-18VisitBenin · CotonouAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2017-07-30 – 2017-07-31VisitSierra Leone · Freetown
2017-08-31VisitFrance · Paris
2017-09-12 – 2017-09-13VisitPortugal · Lisbon
2017-09-15 – 2017-09-20Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2017-09-25 – 2017-09-26VisitAngola · Luanda
2017-10-17 – 2017-10-18VisitGhana · AccraAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2017-10-26VisitGuinea · Conakry
2017-10-31VisitNigeria · Abuja
2017-11-05 – 2017-11-08VisitUnited States of America · WashingtonAgreement signedEconomics
2017-12-15 – 2017-12-16Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2018-01-22VisitLiberia · Monrovia
2018-01-26 – 2018-01-27Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2018-02-21Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2018-04-16VisitKuwait · Kuwait CityAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2018-04-20VisitFrance · Paris
2018-04-27VisitRwanda · Kigali
2018-08-28 – 2018-09-04Visit SummitChina · Beijing
2018-09-15VisitQatar · Doha
2018-10-29 – 2018-11-04Visit SummitGermany · Berlin
2018-11-11 – 2018-11-12Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2018-11-17Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2019-01-10VisitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
2019-02-08 – 2019-02-11Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2019-02-11 – 2019-02-20VisitFrance · Paris
2019-04-01 – 2019-04-02VisitSenegal · Dakar
2019-05-15VisitGabon · Libreville
2019-06-01 – 2019-06-02VisitSenegal · Dakar
2019-06-28 – 2019-06-29Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2019-07-06 – 2019-07-09Visit SummitNiger · Niamey
2019-07-09 – 2019-07-10VisitFrance · Paris
2019-07-25 – 2019-07-26VisitLiberia · Monrovia
2019-07-30 – 2019-07-31VisitBurkina Faso · OuagadougouAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2019-07-31 – 2019-08-01VisitMauritania · Nouakchott
2019-08-15VisitFrance · Paris
2019-09-09 – 2019-09-10VisitSaudi Arabia · Jeddah
2019-09-13 – 2019-09-15Visit SummitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
2019-10-20 – 2019-10-22VisitJapan · Tokyo
2019-10-22 – 2019-10-26Visit SummitRussia · Sochi
2019-11-08Visit SummitNiger · Niamey
2019-11-18 – 2019-11-19Visit SummitGermany · Berlin
2019-11-21 – 2019-11-23VisitFrance · Paris
2019-12-02 – 2019-12-03Visit SummitSenegal · Dakar
2019-12-21 – 2019-12-23Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2020-01-20 – 2020-01-21Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · London
2020-02-09 – 2020-02-11Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2020-02-14 – 2020-02-15VisitFrance · Paris
2020-07-23Visit SummitMali · Bamako
2020-09-04 – 2020-09-06VisitFrance · Paris
2020-09-06 – 2020-09-07Visit SummitNiger · Niamey
2020-09-15Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2020-11-27 – 2020-12-05VisitFrance · Paris
2020-12-28VisitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
2021-01-07VisitGhana · Accra
2021-02-06 – 2021-02-13VisitFrance · Paris
2021-02-26 – 2021-03-04VisitFrance · Paris
2021-04-09 – 2021-04-15VisitFrance · Paris
2021-04-15 – 2021-04-24VisitRepublic of the Congo · Brazzaville
2021-05-15 – 2021-05-21Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2021-05-30Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2021-06-19 – 2021-06-30VisitFrance · Paris
2021-06-19Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2021-09-16 – 2021-09-17Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2021-09-17Visit SummitGuinea · Conakry
2021-10-08 – 2021-10-18VisitFrance · Paris
2021-11-07Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2021-11-11 – 2021-11-21Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2021-12-11 – 2021-12-12Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2022-01-08 – 2022-01-09Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2022-01-17VisitGabon · Libreville
2022-02-03Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2022-02-05 – 2022-02-06Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2022-02-14 – 2022-02-22Visit SummitBelgium · Brussels
2022-04-25 – 2022-04-29VisitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
2022-05-16VisitFrance · Paris
2022-06-04Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2022-06-25 – 2022-07-02VisitFrance · Paris
2022-07-02 – 2022-07-03Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2022-07-20 – 2022-07-23VisitSouth Africa · PretoriaAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2022-07-23 – 2022-07-30VisitFrance · Paris
2022-08-13 – 2022-08-22VisitFrance · Paris
2022-09-15 – 2022-09-17VisitVatican · Vatican City
2022-09-17VisitItaly · Rome
2022-09-18 – 2022-09-23Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2022-10-01 – 2022-10-05VisitFrance · Paris
2022-11-18 – 2022-11-27Visit SummitTunisia · Djerba
2022-12-03 – 2022-12-04Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2022-12-13 – 2022-12-15Visit SummitUnited States of America · Washington
2022-12-22Phone callChina · (telephone)
2023-01-20 – 2023-01-28VisitFrance · Paris
2023-03-03 – 2023-03-18VisitFrance · Paris
2023-04-29VisitGabon · Libreville
2023-05-12 – 2023-05-21VisitFrance · Paris
2023-05-29VisitNigeria · Abuja
2023-07-22 – 2023-07-28VisitFrance · Paris
2023-07-29 – 2023-07-30Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2023-08-17 – 2023-08-31VisitFrance · Paris
2023-11-03 – 2023-11-08VisitFrance · Paris
2023-11-09 – 2023-11-11Visit SummitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
2023-11-19 – 2023-11-21Visit SummitGermany · Berlin
2023-11-21VisitFrance · Paris
2023-12-01 – 2023-12-02Visit SummitUnited Arab Emirates · Dubai
2024-01-23 – 2024-01-30VisitFrance · Paris
2024-02-23 – 2024-02-24Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2024-03-05 – 2024-03-06VisitGhana · Accra
2024-03-22VisitFrance · Paris
2024-04-25VisitBelgium · Brussels
2024-05-25 – 2024-06-02VisitFrance · Paris
2024-06-02 – 2024-06-09Visit SummitSouth Korea · Seoul
2024-06-14 – 2024-06-16Visit SummitSwitzerland · Geneva
2024-07-17 – 2024-07-29VisitFrance · Paris
2024-08-03VisitSenegal · DakarAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2024-08-15 – 2024-09-01VisitFrance · Paris
2024-10-01 – 2024-10-07Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2024-12-14 – 2024-12-16Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2025-01-17 – 2025-01-20VisitFrance · Paris
2025-01-21 – 2025-01-23Visit SummitMauritania · Nouakchott
2025-02-15 – 2025-02-16Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2025-04-26 – 2025-05-04VisitFrance · Unknown
2025-07-04 – 2025-07-16VisitFrance · Paris

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Alassane Ouattara leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/alassane-ouattara.html]