Michel Amani N'Guessan


Michel Amani N'Guessan is an Ivorian politician and the current defence minister of Côte d'Ivoire for the Ivorian Popular Front.

Biography

Born in Messoukro village in 1957, N'Guessan graduated from the University of Abidjan in 1984, with a specialisation in history and geography. He subsequently became a teacher and taught from 1985 to 1999, joining the FPI in 1990.
N'Guessan was appointed Minister of National Education in January 2000, during the military rule of Robert Guéï, and retained this post until April 7, 2007, when he assumed the position of defence minister.