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Philippe Yacé 🇨🇮

Philippe Grégoire Yacé (Known as "Le Sage de Jacqueville")
President of the National Assembly (1959–1980), President of the Economic and Social Council
Born 1920-01-23 🇨🇮 Jacqueville, Côte d'Ivoire
Passed Away 1998-11-29 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Lifespan 78 years old
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Key architect of Ivorian statehood and schoolteacher who presided over the National Assembly for two decades, serving as the indispensable legislative pillar of independent Côte d'Ivoire.

Biographical Record

Philippe Grégoire Yacé was born in Jacqueville on January 23, 1920. After training as a teacher at the École William Ponty in Dakar and serving in the French army during World War II, Yacé founded the Syndicat national des enseignants de Côte d'Ivoire.

Elected to the Territorial Assembly and later President of the Legislative and National Assembly from 1959 to 1980, Yacé supervised the drafting of the 1960 Constitution. Re-emerging in 1990 as President of the Economic and Social Council, he was revered across political divides as 'Le Sage de Jacqueville'.

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Final Resting Place

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Jacqueville Catholic Cemetery
Jacqueville, Côte d'Ivoire
GPS: 5.2050, -4.4170
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