1993
Minister of Communication
Government
In the government formed on 15 December 1993, a post she held until 1999.
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The President
Danièle Boni-Claverie
Journalist, former head of RTI, twice a minister of the Republic, founder and President of the URD: a life devoted to public debate and dialogue.
Profile
A woman of dialogue and conviction
Born in Tiassalé, the daughter of judge Alphonse Boni, first President of the Supreme Court of Côte d’Ivoire, Danièle Boni-Claverie began her career at national radio before heading Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI).
Minister of Communication from 1993 to 1999, then Minister for Women, the Family and Children, she founded the Republican Union for Democracy to carry a republican voice committed to reconciliation and dialogue.
Re-elected as party leader at its first ordinary congress in 2020, she served as spokesperson of the Coalition for Peaceful Change (CAP-CI) in 2025-2026. In 2026, she is leading the URD’s contribution to the reform of the electoral system.
Official portrait to come
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A career in the service of the Republic
2010
Minister for Women, the Family and Children
Government
From December 2010 to April 2011.
2020
Re-elected President of the URD
URD
At the party’s first ordinary congress, on 31 July and 1 August 2020.
2025
Coalition
Deputy spokesperson from March 2025, then spokesperson from September.
2026
Electoral reform
The URD’s proposal for an independent electoral institution handed over.
In her words
Côte d’Ivoire needs an electoral institution in which every citizen can recognise themselves. The URD makes its contribution in a spirit of responsibility and peace.
Our struggle is democratic. It is republican. We reject violence, hatred and revenge, but we cannot resign ourselves to injustice.
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Joining the URD means making a republican voice heard, committed to dialogue and peace, and helping to build concrete proposals for Côte d’Ivoire.
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