Editing History of Ivory Coast (section)

==After Houphouët-Boigny==
{{Further|History of Ivory Coast (1999–present)}}

Houphouët-Boigny was succeeded by his deputy [[Henri Konan Bédié]], President of the Parliament. Konan Bédié was 24 December 1999, during the [[1999 Ivorian coup d'état]] by General [[Robert Guéï]], a former army commander who was dismissed by Bédié. This was the first ''coup d'état'' in the history of Ivory Coast. An economic downturn followed and the [[Military dictatorship|junta]] promised to return the country to democratic rule in 2000.

Guéï allowed elections to be held the following year. When he lost the election to [[Laurent Gbagbo]], Gué at first refused to accept his defeat. However, street protests forced him to step down, and Gbagbo became president on 26 October 2000.