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Alassane Dramane Ouattara was born on January 1, in Dimbokro, Ivory Coast. Completing his primary education in Côte d'Ivoire, Ouattara finished his secondary education in Upper Volta, now known as Burkina Faso.

He then proceeded to the United States and received a Baccalaureate in Elementary Mathematics from Drexel Institute of Technology, followed by a Master's and Ph.D in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania by

In April , Ouattara joined the infamous International Monetary Fund (IMF) and in , joined the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) and became Deputy Governor there in Two years later, Ouattara returned to the IMF to serve as Director of Africa and succeeded Abdoulaye Fadiga at the head of the sub-regional institution.

In early , he joined the government of Ivoirian President Felix Houphouet-Boignyas and took an unelected position as Prime Minister at the end of this same year.

Following the death of President Houphouet-Boigny in , Ouattara returne