Career
Captain, National Gendarmerie, 1965; squad chief, National Gendarmerie, 1967; advanced through ranks to brigadier general, since 1977; secretary state, minister interior, Government Cote d'Ivoire, 1974-1976; minister interior security, Government Cote d'Ivoire, 1976-1983; ambassador to United Kingdom, Government Cote d'Ivoire, 1984; minister security, Government Cote d'Ivoire, since 1993.