Tiémoko Meyliet Koné
Vice President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Biography
Tiémoko Meyliet KONE has been Vice-President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire since 19 April 2022, after being sworn in on 20 April 2022.
He was born on 26 April 1949 in Tafiré to the late Seydou Meyliet Koné and Minafou Ouattara.
He is married and has five children. Following his higher education in economics, Mr KONE completed his financial and monetary specialisation at the BCEAO Training Centre between 1973 and 1975 and at the International Monetary Fund Institute in Washington in 1979.
After joining the senior management of the Central Bank of West African States, he held several positions in the Community institution, including :
- Deputy National Director of BCEAO for Côte d’Ivoire in 1987.
- Central Director of Issuing and Financial Operations at BCEAO headquarters in Dakar from 1988 to 1989. – National Director of BCEAO for Côte d’Ivoire and Alternate Governor at the International Monetary Fund from 1991 to 1998.
- Adviser to the Governor of BCEAO and Director of the General Administration and Training Department from 1998 to 2002.
- Comptroller General, Special Adviser to the Governor and member of the Bank’s Government from 2002 to 2006.
- In addition to his duties at BCEAO, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Caisse de Retraite par Répartition avec Epargnes de l’UEMOA (CRRAE- UMOA) from 1996 to 2006.
In 2007, Mr Tiémoko Meyliet KONE joined the Ivorian public administration, where he served as Director of the Private Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, with the rank of Minister (from 2007 to 2010), as Minister of Construction, Town Planning and Housing, and then, from December 2010 to May 2011, as Special Adviser to the President of the Republic, in charge of Economic and Monetary Affairs.
From December 2010 to May 2011, he was Special Adviser to the President of the Republic on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Mr. Tiémoko Meyliet Kone was appointed Governor of the Central Bank of West African States on May 30, 2011, by the Conference of Heads of State of the West African Economic and Monetary Union. His term was renewed in 2014 and 2020, respectively.
As Governor of the BCEAO, Mr. Kone chaired several WAEMU bodies.
The BCEAO Board of Directors
The BCEAO Monetary Policy Committee
The WAEMU Financial Stability Committee
The WAEMU Banking Commission
The Orientation Council of the WAEMU-TITRES Agency
The Board of Directors of the Bank Deposit Guarantee Fund.
Internationally, Mr. Kone has also chaired the following organizations:
the Conference of Governors of French-speaking Countries
the ECOWAS Committee of Central Bank Governors
the African Mobile Financial Services Policy Initiative (AMPI)
On September 13, 2017, he joined the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), on which the BCEAO represents the regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Africa. Mr. Kone has received the following distinctions:
Grand Officer of the National Order of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Grand Officer of the National Order of Benin
Commander of the International Order of Academic Palms of CAMES (African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education)
Officer of the French Legion of Honor
Commander of the National Order of Merit for Cooperation and Development of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Grand Officer of the Order of Mono of the Togolese Republic
Commander of the Order of Merit of Niger
Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion (Republic of Senegal)