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 Presidential Profile Since the 26th of October 2000 the presidential position has been held by Laurent Gbagbo at 65 years of age. President Gbagbo gained his position by being the only opposition of the least liked candidate and has yet to hold reelections to allow for a more fair ballot.  Geography Cote D’Ivoire, at 322,463 sq km, is located on the border of the North Atlantic Ocean in Western Africa. 4,460 sq km of the territory belonging to Cote D’Ivoire is made up of water, and it has a coastine of 515km. The weather in Cote D’Ivoire is tropical on the coast and semiarid in the far north with three seasons. These seasons are: warm and dry from November to March, hot and dry from March to May, and hot and wet from June to October. While occupied by mountains in the northwest, the rest of the country is flat with undulating plains.  Economy With 68% of the population working in the agricultural products of Cote D’Ivoire, it remains the world’s largest producer/exported of cocoa beans, and an improtant producer/exporter of coffee and palm oil. Even with it being the leading exporter cocoa beans the highest revenue producer has become offshore crude oil drilling since it’s instatement in 2006. Despite the trouble created by citizens’ disputes about the government, the GDP growth rate increased by 3.8%, beating many other African nations.  Population The Population of Cote D’Ivoire is rather diverse with the 20,617,068 people of the country being 38.6% Muslim, 32.8% Christian, 11.9% indigenous, and 16.7% having no religion. 60.8% of men and 38.6% of the women can read. With 4.01 children born to every woman, the population growth rate is 2.133%.  Social Structure The social structure of Cote D’voire is divided up into two major groups, the Christian south and the Muslim north who are mostly against Gbagbo.  Presidential Past President Gbagbo was born May 31st, 1945 in Gagnoa, Ivory Coast. In the University of Lyon in France he studied Latin, Greek, and French but neer finished his degree. Gbagbo returned to the Ivory Coast where he got his undergraduate Bachelor degre in history. Further on in the life of Gbagbo, he became a professor of history and geography from 1970-1973, was a researcher from 1974-1977, and an abroad organization represntative from 1983-1988. Following these years Gbagbo entered politics, becoming Secretary General from 1988-90, an elected assembly member from 1990-99, and finally the President of the Ivory Coast in 2000. In 1968 Gbagbo was imprisoned for two weeks for political organizing activities, and again in 1991 for leading a protest concerning decreases in teacher salaries.  References Hifikepunye Pohamba is the President of Namibia and is a part of the Socialist International group. Jacob Zuma is the president of South Africa which is a member nation of the Socialist International group. John Atta Mills is the president of Ghana and supports the Socialist International Group. Quarta seacula per humanitatis formas litterarum anteposauerit claram parum putamus. Etiam molestie mauris ligula eget laoreet, vehicula eleifend. Repellat orci eget erat et, sem cum, ultricies sollicitudin amet eleifend dolor nullam erat, malesuada est leo ac. Varius natoque turpis elementum est.  Safety and Rule of Law Cote D’Ivoire is ranked 46th in this area by the Mo Ibraham foundation. To protect the citizens, 94 million dollars are spent on the armed forces each year. To see the laws put into action, Cote D’Ivoire has a judicial systems with appealate and lower courts, as well as a Supreme Court.  Participation and Human Rights Citizens of Cote D’Ivoire vote every five years for the representatives of the unicameral national assembly and the president. Gbagbo recently finished preparations to reinstate the presidential ballot in October of 2010.  Sustainable Economic Oppurtunity Cote D’Ivoire is the number one producer and exporter of cocoa beans and also exports coffee and palm oil. In 2006 offshore oil drilling began and has surpassed the amount of income gotten by the cocoa beans.  Human Development 42% of the population s below the poverty line as of 2006. 3.9% of the adut population is infected with HIV/AIDS. 66.08 babies in every 1000 babies are die before exiting infantcey. 48.7% of the population is literate.

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