Guy Emmanuel Alain Gauze
{{Short description|Ivorian politician (1952–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
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| name = Guy Emmanuel Alain Gauze
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| birth_date = 3 May 1952
| birth_place = Ferkessédougou, French West Africa
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|01|27|1952|05|03}}
| death_place = Geneva, Switzerland
| nationality = Ivorian
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| party = PCDI-RDA
| office = Ambassador of Ivory Coast to the European Union
| term_start = 2000
| term_end = 2002
| office2 = Minister of Raw Materials
| term_start2 = 1993
| term_end2 = 1998
| office3 = Minister of Foreign Trade
| term_start3 = 1998
| term_end3 = 2000
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Guy Emmanuel Alain Gauze (3 May 1952 – 27 January 2021) was an Ivorian politician and diplomat.{{cite web|url=https://www.koaci.com/article/2021/01/27/cote-divoire/politique/cote-divoire-deces-de-guy-alain-gauze-ancien-representant-permanent-de-la-cote-divoire-a-geneve-en-suisse-proches_148390.html|title=Côte d'Ivoire : Décès du Ministre Guy Alain Gauze, ancien Représentant permanent de la Côte d'Ivoire à Genève en Suisse (proches)|date=27 January 2021|work=KOACI|language=French}}
Biography
After he graduated from the University of Abidjan, Gauze studied diplomacy and international economics at the École nationale d'administration from 1976 to 1978. He then earned a degree in political science from the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium.{{cite web|url=https://abidjan.net/qui/profil.asp?id=849|title=Guy-alain Emmanuel GAUZE|work=Abidjan.net|language=French|access-date=27 January 2021|archive-date=6 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206024257/https://abidjan.net/qui/profil.asp?id=849|url-status=dead}}
In 1993, Gauze was appointed Minister of Raw Materials under the presidency of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, then Henri Konan Bédié. In 1998, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Trade, then Ambassador of Ivory Coast to the European Union, where he served from 2000 to 2002. He was then a representative to the United Nations and World Trade Organization from 2006 to 2011.{{cite book |last=Daddieh|first=Cyril K.|date=2016|title=Historical Dictionary of Cote d'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast)|trans-title= |url= |language= |location=Lanham|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0810871861}}
Aside from his political life, Gauze was married on 21 February 1981 and had three children.{{cite web|url=https://www.actualiteivoire.info/societe/cote-divoire-reaction-de-guy-alain-gauze-apres-la-fake-news-qui-a-circule-sur-lui/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206034343/https://www.actualiteivoire.info/societe/cote-divoire-reaction-de-guy-alain-gauze-apres-la-fake-news-qui-a-circule-sur-lui/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 February 2021|title=Côte-d'Ivoire: Réaction de Guy-Alain Gauze après la "Fake News" qui a circulé sur lui|date=6 February 2018|work=Actualité Ivoire|language=French}} He died in Geneva on 27 January 2021 at the age of 68.{{cite web|url=https://www.abidjanpeople.net/lambassadeur-de-guy-alain-gauze-decede-en-suisse/|title=L'Ambassadeur de Guy Alain Gauze décède en Suisse|date=27 January 2021|work=Abidjanpeople|language=French}}
Distinctions
- Commander of the Ordre du Mérite agricole ivoirien (1998)
- Commander of the National Order of the Ivory Coast (2000)
- Commander of the Order of Ivory Merit (2002)
References
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Category:Ambassadors of Ivory Coast to the European Union
Category:Government ministers of Ivory Coast
Category:Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny alumni
Category:École nationale d'administration alumni
Category:Université catholique de Louvain alumni
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