His party confirmed that former Credit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam will run for president in a general election held on the Ivory Coast.
Thiam, 62, is the only candidate representing the country’s main opposition party, PDCI.
Thiam, who has lived abroad for the past two decades, had to give up his French citizenship to stand in the presidential election.
The former minister held a directorship in leading international businesses such as Aviva, Prudential and Credit Suisse, although he resigned from the latter’s resignation after the spy scandal.
At the party’s convention, he was elected as the presidential candidate for the center-right PDCI, and he did not face any challengers.
It has not been confirmed who Thiam will challenge from the director RHDP party, but the current president, Alassane Ouattara, 83, said he wants to conduct it in an October poll.
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