Houphouet-Boigny
Americannoun
noun
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He had come to vote at Notre Dame college in the Plateau district, where voters queued in a hall below a huge portrait of Felix Houphouet-Boigny, the west African nation's founding president.
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
They will now get to say farewell at Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan.
From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2015
In 1994 President Houphouet-Boigny was buried inside the palace grounds, guarded by an artificial lake and the city's sacred crocodiles.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2012
"It became clear to President Felix Houphouet-Boigny very early on that peace is not an accident, but an actual development strategy," Ouattara said then of the country's independence president, still widely revered by Ivorians.
From Reuters • May 20, 2012
But critics of the structure, which cost more than $200 million, charge that the Pope will also be giving his blessing to the monumental extravagance of Ivorian President Felix Houphouet-Boigny.
From Time Magazine Archive
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