President Alassane Ouattara and his wife at the premiere of his documentary
Source: Africa Publicity
A new documentary tracing the professional and political journey of President Alassane Ouattara has premiered in Abidjan ahead of Côte d’Ivoire’s upcoming presidential elections. Mr. Ouattara and his wife were among the several people who attended the premiere of his documentary.
The documentary is titled “Alassane Ouattara, Governor and Statesman.”
In a Facebook post on Thursday, October 9, 2025, a day after the premiere, President Ouattara said “It was with great emotion that I attended the premiere of the documentary film “Alassane Ouattara, Governor and Statesman.””
He wrote: “I thank Vice President Tiemoko Meyliet Koné former Governor of the #BCEAO, for this beautiful initiative and all those who contributed to the production of this film that traces my professional and political journey and highlights years of commitment to the service of the Nation, regional integration and the development of the African continent.”
Elections
Côte d’Ivoire will be holding another presidential election on October 25, 2025 in which President Ouattara is seeking a fourth term of office.
On September 8 this year, Côte d’Ivoire’s Constitutional Council validated the candidacies of President Ouattara and his four contenders for the October 2025 presidential election, Council’s president Chantal Nanaba Camara announced.
The four other approved candidates are Simone Ehivet Gbagbo of the Capable Generations Movement (MGC); Jean-Louis Billon, former PDCI member now running under the Democratic Congress (Code); Ahoua Don Melo, former executive vice-president of the PPA-CI; and Henriette Lagou Adjoua of the GP-Paix coalition.
The Council rejected the candidacies of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo (PPA-CI) and former PDCI leader Tidjane Thiam, both declared ineligible but unwilling to step aside. It also disqualified lawmaker Assalé Tiémoko and FPI leader Pascal Affi N’Guessan for failing to secure the required endorsements.
Campaign opened on September 10, with tensions are running high. Excluded candidates Thiam and Gbagbo had already formed a common front in June to denounce what they described as political exclusion and to oppose a fourth term for Ouattara.
President Ouattara of the ruling RHDP defended his candidacy in July, saying: “The Constitution allows me another mandate and my health permits it.”
