| LC control no. | n 91062512 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Diabaté, Henriette |
| Variant(s) | Dagri Diabaté, Henriette |
| Associated country | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Associated place | France Senegal |
| Birth date | 1935-03-13 |
| Place of birth | Bingerville (Côte d'Ivoire) |
| Field of activity | History Civil service Côte d'Ivoire--Politics and government |
| Affiliation | Université d'Abidjan Université d'Abidjan. Institut d'histoire, d'art et d'archéologie africains Fondation Houphouët Boigny Côte d'Ivoire. Ministère de la justice Rassemblement des républicains (Côte d'Ivoire) Université de Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne Ordre national de la République de Côte d'Ivoire |
| Profession or occupation | Civil servant Historians History teachers Politicians Côte d'Ivoire--Officials and employees Cabinet officers |
| Found in | Le Sannvin, 1986: t.p. (Henriette Diabaté) cover p. 4 (b. in Bingerville, Ivory Coast; teacher-researcher in the History Department, Université d'Abidjan and at the Institut d'histoire, d'art et d'archéologie africains) LC data base, 06-24-91 (hdg.: Diabaté, Henriette) Petrus, 2009: t.p. (Henriette Dagri Diabaté) Le Sanvi, 2013: t.p. (Henriette Dagri Diabaté) p. 4 of cover (Doctor of History; she was successively professor at the University of Abidjan, Minister of Culture and Minister of State, Minister of Justice; for over a decade, she was secretary general of the Rally of Republicans (RDR), one of the biggest parties in Côte d'Ivoire; currently Chancellor of the Grand National Order of Côte d'Ivoire) Dictionary of African biography, 2012: volume 2, pages 156-157 (Dagri-Diabaté, Henriette; born 13 March 1935 in Bingerville, Ivory Coast; finished her secondary education in Senegal; doctorate in history, University of Paris IV-Sorbonne; history professor, University of Abidjan, 1968-1995; founding member of the Association of African Historians; on editorial board of journal Afrika Zamani 1974-1975; head researcher at Fondation Félix Houphouët-Boigny 1976-1980; her first book was La marche des femmes sur Grand-Bassam (1975) on 1949 protest by women against colonial government; other important studies include Le Sanwi, sources orales et historiés (1986) and Mémorial de la Côte d'Ivoire (1988); married Lamine Diabaté, a former minister; entered politics in the early 1990s, minister of culture 1990-1993 in the final years of Houphouët-Boigny's reign as president; a founder of the RDR (Rassemblement des Républicains) in 1994, became its secretary general in 1999; imprisoned in late 1999, freed after coup in December; imprisoned and released several times in 2000-2001; fled to France, returned in 2002, served as minister of justice in Laurent Gbagbo's government 2003-2005; still a formidable politician at age 75) |
| Associated language | fre |
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