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Désiré Tagro

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Désiré Asségnini Tagro (January 27, Issia Department - April 12, ) was an Ivorianpolitician who served as the Minister of the Interior and chief of staff for former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo during the – Ivorian crisis. Tagro was a top ally of Gbagbo.[1]

In June , Mamadou Koulibaly, the President of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire, accused Désiré Tagro, the then Minister of the Interior, of embezzling money and showing regional favoritism regarding admissions to a training school for the police. President Laurent Gbagbo ordered an investigation into the allegations;[2] in July , the investigation judged that the allegations were without merit,[3] and Tagro, who continued to enjoy Gbagbo's favor, was ultimately unscathed by the allegation.[4]

During the Second Ivorian Civil War of and , the U.S. Treasury Department banned American companies and individuals from doing commercial or financial business with Désiré Tagro,[5] as well as Laurent Gbagbo, Gbagbo's foreign minister, Alcide Djédjé, and the head of the Ivorian Popular Front, Pascal Affi N’Guessan.[5]

Tagro and Laurent Gbagbo were arrested on April 11, , at Gbagbo's home in Abidjan by Republican forces loyal to President Alassane Ouattara. Tagro suffered a gunshot wound to the face during the arrest, though the circumstances remain unclear.[1][6] Some Gbagbo loyalists claimed that Tagro was shot by Republican forces while in custody at the Golf Hotel.[6] Tagro was taken to a hospital in Abidjan by U.N. peacekeepers, where he died on April 12, , at the age of [7]United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy said that Tagro's death "is to be deplored."[7]

References

  1. ^ abLaing, Aislinn (). "Ivory Coast: Alassane Ouattara says Laurent Gbagbo 'will be tried in his own country'". The Telegraph. Retrieved &#;
  2. ^"Ivory Coast probes Trafigura waste fund theft". BBC News. Retrieved &#;
  3. ^"Minister cleared in graft probe", Agence France-Presse, 19 July
  4. ^"Politicians waiting in the wings", Africa Confidential, volume 51, number 17, 27 August
  5. ^ abGolle, Vince (). "Treasury Bars U.S. Citizens From Dealing With Gbagbo". Bloomberg News. Retrieved &#;
  6. ^ ab"Ouattara to move into presidential palace". Radio France International. Retrieved &#;
  7. ^ abCharbonneau, Louis (). "UN says Ivory Coast's Gbagbo has been well treated". Reuters. Retrieved &#;
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