What is Félix Houphouët-Boigny?
{{Infobox President|name=Félix Houphouët-Boigny |nationality=Ivorian |image=Houphouet-Boigny.jpg |order=[[List of heads of state of Côte d'Ivoire|1st President of Côte d'Ivoire]] |term_start=3 November 1960 |term_end=7 December 1993 |predecessor=''None (position first established)'' |successor=[[Henri Konan Bédié]] |birth_date={{Birth date|1905|10|18|df=yes}} |birth_place=[[Yamoussoukro]], Côte d'Ivoire |death_date={{death date and age|1993|12|7|1905|10|18|df=yes}} |death_place=[[Côte d'Ivoire]] |spouse=[[Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny]] |party=[[Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire]] |vicepresident= | order2=[[Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire]]| term_start2=7 August 1960 | term_end2=27 November 1960 | predecessor2=''None (position first established)'' | successor2=''None (position abolished)'' }} '''Félix Houphouët-Boigny''' ({{IPA-fr|feliks ufwɛt bwaɲi}};<ref name=lavishnyt>{{cite news |first=Kenneth B. |last=Noble |title=For Ivory Coast's Founder, Lavish Funeral |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E1D61638F93BA35751C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |work= [[New York Times]] |date=1994-02-08 |access-date=2008-07-22 }}</ref> 18 October 1905&nbsp;– 7 December 1993) was the first [[President]] of [[Côte d'Ivoire]]. He was president until he died in 1993.<ref name=WDL1>{{cite web|title=Speech Delivered by Mister Houphouet-Boigny, Minister of State at the Geo-Andre Stadium in Abidjan on September 7, 1958|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/2544|publisher=World Digital Library|access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Houphouet-Boigny, Felix}} [[Category:1905 births]] [[Category:1993 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Ivory Coast]] [[Category:Presidents of Ivory Coast]] [[Category:Roman Catholics]]