Tidjane Thiam nominated to run in Ivory Coast presidential election

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Tidjane Thiam nominated to run in Ivory Coast presidential election  Tidjane Thiam, a former Credit Suisse CEO, won a near-unanimous vote to represent the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast in an upcoming presidential election, the party announced.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/18/former-credit-suisse-ceo-nominated-to-run-in-ivory-coast-presidential-election  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:01Tijan Thiam, a former Credit Suisse CEO, won a near-unanimous vote to represent the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast in an upcoming presidential election, the party announced on Friday.

00:13Thiam won 99.5% of the vote and ran unopposed for the nomination. He is the current president of the party.

00:20He previously resigned from his position as CEO of Credit Suisse after a corporate espionage scandal rocked the company.

00:28An external report found that Thiam had no knowledge of the espionage.

00:33It isn't known who will run against him, but the current president, Alassane Wattara, has indicated that he may run again.

00:39Wattara won in 2020 after a disputed election left dozens dead and opposition candidates boycotted the election.

00:45Ivory Coast is set to hold the vote in October.

00:50Wattara is set to hold the vote in October.

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