Martial Joseph Ahipeaud
Martial Joseph Ahipeaud (born 29 June 1966 in Lakota) is an Ivorian politician. A founding member of the Fédération estudiantine et scolaire de Côte d'Ivoire (FESCI) formed in 1990 of which he became the first Secretary General, he is the president of the Union for Development and Liberties (UDL) since 2006. Ahipeaud was also adviser to the President Robert Guéï from 2000 to 2002. As a consultant of international relations and intermediation, Ahipeaud is also a university teacher. Married and father of five children, he is a Doctor in the School of Oriental and African Studies at  the University of London. His thesis dealt with "The Ideology of Elite Ivorians - Press and Politics of 1944 to 1999" Ahipeaud advocated the "third way" concerning his political party, the UDL. On September 28, 2021, Martial Ahipeaud, co-founder and former secretary general of the Student and School Federation of Côte d'Ivoire (Fesci), announced that he was now a member of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI).