Chief of the Defence Staff of Ivory Coast | |
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Chef d'état-major des armées de la Côte d'Ivoire | |
Incumbent Army corps general Lassina Doumbia since 28 December 2018 | |
Armed Forces | |
Type | Chief of staff |
Status | Senior-most officer |
Abbreviation | CEMA |
Appointer | President of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara |
Term length | Not fixed |
Inaugural holder | Army corps general Thomas d'Aquin Ouattara |
Formation | 1960 |
The Chief of the Defence Staff (French: Chef d'état-major des armées—CEMA) is the professional head of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast. The Chief of the Defence Staff is appointed by the President of Ivory Coast, who is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces according to the Constitution.
The current Chief of the Defence Staff is Army corps general Lassina Doumbia[1]
, since 28 December 2018.No. | Portrait | Chief of the Defence Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Ref. |
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1 | Thomas d'Aquin Ouattara (1916–1990) | Army corps general1960 | 1974 | 13–14 years | Army | [2] | |
2 | Ibrahima Coulibaly | Army corps general1974 | 1979 | 4–5 years | Army | – | |
3 | Bertin Zézé Baroan | Divisional general1979 | November 1987 | 7–8 years | Army | [2] | |
4 | Félix Ory | Brigadier generalNovember 1987 | 1990 | 2–3 years | Army | [2] | |
5 | Robert Guéï (1941–2002) [a] | Brigadier general1990 | 1995 | 4–5 years | Army | – | |
6 | Lassana Timité | Vice admiral1995 | 1999 | 3–4 years | Navy | – | |
7 | Soumaïla Diabagaté | Brigadier general1999 | 2000 | 0–1 years | Army | – | |
8 | Mathias Doué (1946–2017) [b] | Divisional general2000 | 2004 | 3–4 years | Army | – | |
9 | Philippe Mangou (born 1952) [c] | Army corps general2004 | 2011 | 6–7 years | Army | [3] | |
10 | Soumaila Bakayoko (born 1953) [d] | Army corps general7 July 2011 | 9 January 2017 | 5 years, 182 days | Army | [4] | |
11 | Sékou Touré (born 1956) | Army corps general9 January 2017 | 28 December 2018 | 1 year, 353 days | Army | [5] | |
12 | Lassina Doumbia | Army corps general28 December 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 99 days | Army | [1] |