 aimÃ© henri konan bÃ©diÃ© (born may 5, 1934) is an ivorian politician. he was president of ivory coast from 1993 to 1999, and he is currently the president of the democratic party of cÃ´te d'ivoire - african democratic rally (pdci-rda).biography at pdci-rda website . ==biography== bÃ©diÃ© was born in dadiÃ©kro in daoukro department. after studying in france,"citation award of the world health organization health-for-all gold medal to his excellency mr henri konan bÃ©diÃ© president of the republic of cÃ´te dâivoire", world health organization, may 15, 1998. he became cÃ´te d'ivoire's first ambassador to the united states and canada following independence in 1960, and from 1966 to 1977 he served in the government as minister of economy and finance. while serving as finance minister, bÃ©diÃ© became the first chairman of the imf and world bank's joint development committee,"pages from world bank history: the development committee, 1974â1984", world bank website, april 11, 2003. holding that post from 1974 to 1976. he was special advisor to the world bank group's international finance corporation from 1978 to 1980. in 1980, bÃ©diÃ© was elected to the national assembly of cÃ´te d'ivoire,list of deputies from past legislatures, national assembly website . and he was then elected as president of the national assembly in december 1980. he was re-elected as president of the national assembly in 1985 and 1990. as national assembly president, bÃ©diÃ© succeeded long-time president fÃ©lix houphouÃ«t-boigny upon the latter's death in december 1993. he announced that he was assuming the presidency on state television a few hours after houphouÃ«t-boigny's death on december 7. a brief power struggle between bÃ©diÃ© and prime minister alassane ouattara ensued; bÃ©diÃ© was successful and ouattara resigned as prime minister on december 9."parliament leader prevails in ivory coast", associated press (tulsa world), december 10, 1993. bÃ©diÃ© was subsequently elected as president of the pdci in april 1994.{{c
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