Simone Gbagbo

Simone Gbagbo
Simone Gbagbo in 2006
First Lady of Ivory Coast
In role
26 October 2000 – 11 April 2011
Preceded byRose Doudou Guéï
Succeeded byDominique Folloroux-Ouattara
Personal details
Born (1949-06-20) 20 June 1949 (age 75)
Moossou, Grand-Bassam, French West Africa
Political partyIvorian Popular Front
SpouseLaurent Gbagbo
Children5

Simone Ehivet Gbagbo (born 20 June 1949)[1] is an Ivorian politician. She is the President of the Parliamentary Group of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) and is a Vice-President of the FPI. As the wife of Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 to 2011, she was also First Lady of Ivory Coast prior to their arrest by pro-Ouattara forces.

  1. ^ "List of FPI deputies". Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2020., National Assembly website (2007 archive page) (in French).