How long was gbagbo in power

BBC Africa podcasts. Ivorian presidency. Image source, AFP. Laurent Gbagbo studied at a prestigious French university. A defiant rise to power. The conflict killed some 3, people.

More on Ivory Coast:. The conflict ruined the lives of thousands of families. Forces loyal to the presidential rivals battled for control of Abidjan. Laurent Gbagbo: Dates with history. Image source, Reuters. Mr Gbagbo and his wife Simone were taken to a hotel after their capture. Ivory Coast is the world's largest cocoa producer.

UN troops helped pro-Ouattara militias oust Mr Gbagbo. Passion for music. Mr Ouattara was re-elected for a second term in It appears he has done it again. Ouattara issued his former rival a diplomatic passport and made the presidential pavilion at the airport available for his return. He has also promised him the status and rewards reserved for ex-presidents including a pension and personal security.

Gbagbo has said little about what political role he might play back home. He retains strong support among his base of supporters, particularly in the south and the west. But he faces an outstanding year prison sentence that was handed down in November on charges he misappropriated funds from the regional central bank. Ouattara said in April that Gbagbo was free to return, but the government has not said whether he has been pardoned. Ex-president returns to country he ruled from to after the ICC upheld his war crimes acquittal.

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The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore. ON TV. On social media. Who are we? Fight the Fake. But four months after claiming victory in an election the international community said he lost, Gbagbo, holed up in a bunker beneath the presidential residence, finally surrendered to forces loyal to his arch rival Alassane Ouattara on April 11, In the course of his long political career, the year-old Ivorian leader had gone from an opposition politician fighting an intransigent president who refused to cede power to the epitome of a longstanding African leader refusing to concede an election.