title: 2002 in Ivory Coast
text: # 2002 in Ivory Coast
  
  The following lists events that happened during 2002 in Ivory Coast.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Laurent Gbagbo
  * Prime Minister: Pascal Affi N'Guessan
  
  ## Events
  
  ### September
  
  * September 19 - An attempted coup by disaffected former soldiers of Côte d'Ivoire was put down, with the death of the alleged coup leader, General Robert Guéï, a former military dictator of the country. Guéï was killed when his car refused to stop at a roadblock in downtown Abidjan. Rebels continue in control of the cities of Bouaké and Korhogo.
  