Foreign Minister · Ivory Coast
Marcel Amon-Tanoh
3 recorded engagements, 2018–2019: 3 visits and 1 signed agreement.
Biography
Ivorian politician (born 1951)
Marcel Amon-Tanoh (born November 25, 1951, Abidjan) is an Ivorian politician.
He started working in France as a researcher at the Institute for Scientific, Economic and Commercial Research. After this French experience, he became the Secretary General of the City Hall of Cocody, an elite neighborhood in the Abidjan department, for several months. From 1991 to 1995, he was Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire.
In addition to his political career, Marcel Amon-Tano was also involved in business. He was the managing director of a Parisian clothing company, then of an agricultural import and export company, and director of an agro-industrial company. Since 2001, he has devoted himself fully to his role as a public servant, serving as Minister of Tourism (2003–2005), and Chief of Staff to the President (2010–2012).
He has served as the Minister of Foreign Minister of the Ivory Coast from 25 November 2016 until 19 March 2020, under President Alassane Ouattara.
In November 2016, President Ouattara dismissed then-Foreign Minister Albert Toikeusse Mabri and appointed Amon-Tanoh as interim foreign minister. Two months later, Oattara retained Amon-Tanoh as his permanent foreign...
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Where they travelled
Ivory Coast Visited or called (darker = more often)
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Signed agreements
Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.
| Date | Partner | What was signed |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-17 | Russia | Russia–Côte d'Ivoire memorandum on foreign-ministry consultations |
Every recorded engagement
| Date | Type | Destination | Agreements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-04 | Visit | China · Beijing | |
| 2019-03-01 – 2019-03-02 | Visit | United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi | |
| 2019-07-17 | Visit | Russia · Moscow | Agreement signedRussia–Côte d'Ivoire memorandum on foreign-ministry consultations |
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 [Marcel Amon-Tanoh leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/marcel-amon-tanoh.html]