Côte d'Ivoire By dwlehrhardt Period: 1956 to 1956 x 1960 Independence 1960 Houphouët-Boigny president 1990 First multiparty elections 1993 Henry Konan Bédié president 1999 Robert Gueï president 2000 Laurent Gbagbo president Period: 2002 to 2007 Civil war Period: 2004 to 2017 United Nations peacekeeping mission 2007 Power-sharing agreement 2010 Contested elections 2011 Post-election violence 2011 Alassane Ouattara president Apr 11, 2011 Laurent Gbagbo arrested 2016 AQIM attack Grand-Bassam 2016 New constitution 2019 Acquittal Gbagbo ICC
