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Ernest Boka 🇨🇮

Ernest Boka (Known as "Ernest Boka")
First President of the Supreme Court of Côte d'Ivoire, Minister of Justice, Diplomat
Born 1927-12-07 🇨🇮 Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire
Passed Away 1964-04-06 Assabou, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire
Lifespan 36 years old
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"The law exists to protect the citizen from the arbitrary exercise of power; without judicial independence, freedom is a fiction."

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Brilliant legal scholar and statesman who became Côte d'Ivoire's first Minister of National Education and first President of the Supreme Court, remembered for his judicial independence.

Biographical Record

Ernest Boka was born on December 7, 1927, in Grand-Bassam. A prodigiously gifted student, he earned his doctorate in law from the University of Grenoble in France, becoming one of West Africa's most prominent young jurists on the eve of independence.

Appointed Minister of National Education in 1958 and later Minister of Justice, Boka became the inaugural President of the Supreme Court of Côte d'Ivoire in 1961. Renowned for his uncompromising defense of judicial integrity, his promising life ended tragically in detention during the political purges of 1964 in Yamoussoukro.

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Municipal Cemetery of Grand-Bassam
Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire
GPS: 5.2050, -3.7380
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