Houphouet-Boigny

[ French oo-fwey-bwah-nyee ]

noun

1. Fé·lix [fey, -leeks], 1905–1993, Ivory Coast political leader: president 1960–93.

Houphouet-Boigny

/ ufwɛbwaɲi /

noun

1. Houphouet-BoignyFélix19051993MIvorianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Félix (feliks). 1905–93, Côte d'Ivoire statesman; president of the Côte d'Ivoire (1960–93)

Example Sentences

The Super Eagles will meet Angola, who impressed in a 3-0 win over Namibia earlier, in the last eight on Friday, also in the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium.

From BBC

In Abidjan, university student Laurent Wassa of Félix Houphouët-Boigny University — named for a French lawmaker who became Ivory Coast’s first postcolonial president — said he stopped wanting to study in France, because he thinks the quality of education he would receive has gone down based on what he’s heard.

From Seattle Times

Over the next three decades, he established himself as the heir apparent to Mr. Houphouët-Boigny and one of the rising stars of Sub-Saharan African politics.

From New York Times

Mr. Houphouët-Boigny had exhibited his own authoritarian streak, but he was gregarious and widely admired, and he had been in power during an economic boom.

From New York Times

Mr. Houphouët-Boigny died in office in 1993, and as president of the National Assembly Mr. Bédié took his place as interim president.

From New York Times