A 2010 vote ended in violence which left 3,000 people dead.
While the choice of Coulibaly was not unexpected, the announcement - made without a vote and not long after Ouattara ruled out running in the October 31 race - came as a surprise.
Before that he was a senior civil servant and minister of agriculture. He was trained in France and, like Ouattara, has a good grasp of international finance. Coulibaly is from a large family in the country's north and is very influential among traditional chiefs. He was mayor of Ivory Coast's fourth-largest city, Korhogo, from 2001 to 2018.
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