Ivorian president felix houphouet-boigny s
List of presidents of ivory coast.
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
In 1915, Houphouët-Boigny moved to Bingerville and enrolled in the école primaire supérieure (secondary school), despite the fact that his parents were opposed to him attending boarding school.
Houphouët-Boigny converted to Christianity and changed his name to Félix while in Bingerville.
Ivorian president felix houphouet-boigny s
He excelled in school and earned a teaching degree from École William Ponty in 1919. He then studied medicine at the École de médecine de I'AOF (French West Africa School of Medicine), graduating in 1925 and subsequently working as a medical assistant.
Medicine
Houphouët-Boigny spent the next 15 years practicing medicine in a various cities.
His career began in Abidjan at a hospital, but was cut short when the administrative authorities opposed the association he formed for indigenous medical personnel, deeming it a trade union. They transferred him to a hospital in Guiglo in 1927 and two years later he was promoted to a position in Abengourou.
Whilst working in Abengo