  alassane ouattara (; born 1 january 1942) is an ivoirian politician who has been president of cÃ´te d'ivoire since 2011. an economist by profession, ouattara worked for the international monetary fund (imf) - where he rose to be deputy head - "ivory coast's alassane ouattara in profile", bbc news online, 11 april 2011. and the central bank of west african states (, bceao), and he was the prime minister of cÃ´te d'ivoire from november 1990 to december 1993, appointed to that post by president fÃ©lix houphouÃ«t-boigny., 12 december 2005.cv at ouattara's website . ouattara became the president of the rally of the republicans (rdr), an ivorian political party, in 1999. ==early life== ouattara was born on 1 january 1942 in dimbokro in central ivory coast.[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/a
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