Ivory Coast PM Amadou Gon Coulibaly dies after cabinet meeting

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Ivory Coast Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly died suddenlyafter attending a cabinet meeting in the capital Abidjan on Wednesday. He was of 61.

''I am deeply saddened to announce that Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly left us in the afternoon, after having taken part in the Council of Ministers," JeuneAfrique quoted Patrick Achi, secretary general of the Ivorian presidency as saying.

???????He recently returned  after undergoing medical treatment in France. He hd a heart transplant in 2012. 

Coulibaly was expected to run for president in October elections after President Alassane Ouattara, had said he wouldn't stand for a third term. 

 

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