Raymonde Coffie Explained

Raymonde Goudou Coffie (born) is an Ivorian politician. After training as a pharmacist, she has held various ministerial appointments including Minister for Family, Women and Children, Minister of Health and Public Hygiene and Minister of Modernisation of Administration and Innovation of Public Services. In 2021, she became Minister Governor of the District des Lacs.

Career

Raymonde Coffie was born to an Ivorian mother and a Guadeloupean father.^[1] She qualified as a pharmacist after studying at the University of Caen in France, then was head pharmacist at Yamoussoukro hospital from 1984 until 1986.^[2]

She then joined the PDCI (Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally). In 2011, she was made Minister for Family, Women and Children and the following year she became Minister of Health and Public Hygiene.^[3] She held the position until 2018, dealing with the threat of ebola and eradicating guinea worm and polio in the country. Immunisation rates were affected by the Second Ivorian Civil War.^[4] She joined the board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and in 2018 was appointed Minister of Modernisation of Administration and Innovation of Public Services. She introduced an online portal called Miliê the following year.^[5] Coffie was then made Minister of Culture and Francophonie and in 2021 became Minister Governor of the District des Lacs.^{[6] [7]}

Awards and recognition

Coffie has received accolades such as Commander in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Officer in the National Order of Côte d’Ivoire, Commander in the Order of Health and Commander in the Ivorian Order of Cultural Merit. Jeune Afrique called her one of the twenty most influential women in Côte d'Ivoire in 2017.

Notes and References

1. News: Konan . André Silver . Femmes politiques ivoiriennes d’influence : Raymonde Goudou Coffie, ministre de la Santé – Jeune Afrique . 13 May 2022 . Jeune Afrique . 2 November 2017 . fr-FR . 1 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220401074103/https://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/485289/politique/femmes-politiques-ivoiriennes-dinfluence-raymonde-goudou-coffie-ministre-de-la-sante/ . live .
2. News: Côte d'Ivoire: Raymonde Goudou Coffie, an exceptional pharmacist . 13 May 2022 . Regional Press Agency . 19 February 2021 . en . 13 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220513212756/https://apr-news.fr/en/actualites/cote-divoire-raymonde-goudou-coffie-exceptional-pharmacist . live .
3. Web site: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women considers report of Côte d’Ivoire . OHCHR . 13 May 2022 . en . 13 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220513212755/https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2011/10/committee-elimination-discrimination-against-women-considers-report-cote . live .
4. Web site: Peace, Progress and Public Health: Côte d'Ivoire on the road to recovery . GAVI . 13 May 2022 . en.
5. News: Administration publique moderne la plus innovante en Côte d’Ivoire : Raymonde Goudou Coffie veut la 1ère place en 2020 de 4 milliards CFA pour la reconstruction de la case des enfants . 13 May 2022 . L'Intelligent d'Abidjan . 26 February 2020 . fr-FR . 13 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220513212803/https://www.lintelligentdabidjan.info/news/administration-publique-moderne-la-plus-innovante-en-cote-divoire-raymonde-goudou-coffie-veut-la-1ere-place-en-2020-de-4-milliards-cfa-pour-la-reconstruction-de-la-case-des-enfants/ . live .
6. Web site: Doctor Raymonde Goudou Coffie . Prix Galien Africa . 13 May 2022 . 12 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210612234741/https://prixgalienafrique.com/en/profile/doctor-raymonde-goudou-coffie/ . live .
7. News: Kouadio . Théodore . District autonome des Lacs: La Ministre Gouverneure Raymonde Goudou Coffie installée FratMat . 13 May 2022 . Fratmat . 30 October 2021 . 5 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211105223309/https://www.fratmat.info/article/215812/regions/district-autonome-des-lacs-la-ministre-gouverneure-raymonde-goudou-coffie-installee . live .