Michel Amani N'Guessan

Michel Amani N'Guessan (born 1957) is an Ivorian politician and the current defence minister of Côte d'Ivoire for the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI).

Biography
Born in Messoukro village in 1957, N'Guessan graduated from the University of Abidjan in 1984, with a specialisation in history and geography. He subsequently became a teacher and taught from 1985 to 1999, joining the FPI in 1990.

N'Guessan was appointed Minister of National Education in January 2000, during the military rule of Robert Guéï, and retained this post   until April 7, 2007, when he assumed the position of defence minister.