Marrakech – Rachid Talbi Alami, President of the House of Representatives, represented King Mohammed VI at the inauguration ceremony of Côte d’Ivoire’s re-elected President Alassane Ouattara on Monday in Abidjan.

Ouattara, who will turn 84 on January 1, was sworn in for his fourth five-year term at the Presidential Palace in the Ivorian economic capital.

The ceremony took place before eleven African heads of state from Angola, Congo-Brazzaville, Djibouti, Gabon, Senegal, Comoros, Ghana, Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Mauritania, alongside former leaders, including Niger’s Mahamadou Issoufou and Francophonie Secretary-General Louise Mushikiwabo.

The Ivorian leader secured 89.77% of votes in the October 25 election, though voter turnout reached only 50.10%. Two main opposition figures, former President Laurent Gbagbo and Tidjane Thiam, were excluded from the electoral list due to legal decisions – Gbagbo for criminal conviction and Thiam over nationality issues.

In his inauguration speech, Ouattara promised that his fourth mandate would focus on “generational transmission.” He noted the country’s transformation since 2011, stating that Côte d’Ivoire had “restored state authority, consolidated peace, strengthened national cohesion and institutions, and ensured security across the national territory.”

The president outlined his foreign policy doctrine of making Côte d’Ivoire “a friend to all and enemy to none.” France was represented by National Assembly President Yaël Braun-Pivet, while the United States sent Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth Jacob Helberg, who met with Ouattara later that day.

King Mohammed VI had previously sent congratulatory messages to Ouattara following his re-election, expressing s