Essy, Amara, 1944-

LC control no.	no2017136897
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Essy, Amara, 1944- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Côte d'Ivoire
Associated place	Brazil Switzerland United States Central African Republic Madagascar
Birth date	1944-12-20
Place of birth	Bouaké (Côte d'Ivoire)
Field of activity	Côte d'Ivoire--Foreign relations Diplomacy International relations
Affiliation	Côte d'Ivoire. Ministère des affaires étrangères African Union Organization of African Unity United Nations Group of 77
Profession or occupation	Ambassadors Diplomats Côte d'Ivoire--Officials and employees
Found in	La pensée politique de Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 2016: page 39 (M. Amara ESSY; ambassador, former Ministre des Affaires étrangères (1990-1999); contribution: Libre témoignage sur la politique étrangère de Félix Houphouët-Boigny) Encyclopaedia Britannica online, viewed Oct. 20, 2017 (Amary Essy; Ivorian diplomat and international civil servant; born December 20, 1944 in Bouaké; served in Côte d'Ivoire's embassy in Brazil (1971-1973) and Côte d'Ivoire's mission to the UN (1973-1975); ambassador to Switzerland and Côte d'Ivoire's European representative to the UN (1975-1978); president of the Group of 77 (1977-1978); appointed Côte d'Ivoire's representative to the UN in New York 1981; vice president of the UN General Assembly 1988-1989, president 1994-1995; appointed Côte d'Ivoire's minister of foreign affairs 1990, held that position until shortly after coup in 1999; selected by Koffi Annan as special UN envoy to the Central African Republic in 2000; elected head of the OAU in July 2001, interim chairperson of the newly established African Union in 2002-2003; AU envoy to Madagascar 2009)
Associated language	fre