Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d’Ivoire since 2011, announced in a recorded address on July 29, 2025, that he will run for re-election in three months: “After careful consideration and in full awareness, I announce today that I have decided to be a candidate in the presidential election scheduled for October 25, 2025.”

Alassane Ouattara will be seeking a new presidential term in Côte d’Ivoire on October 25, marking his fourth term after being re-elected in 2015 and 2020.

He made the announcement on Tuesday in a speech broadcast on social media. “Our country is facing unprecedented security, economic, and monetary challenges that require experienced leadership. Indeed, the terrorist threat is growing in the sub-region, and international economic uncertainties pose a risk to our nation,” declared the 83-year-old head of state.

He believes he has the “health” to serve another term, which he described as “a term of generational transition.”

Alassane Ouattara promises peaceful, democratic, and transparent elections, while the opposition denounces the electoral process, notably due to the rejection of several candidacies, including those of Tidjane Thiam and former president Laurent Gbagbo.

Ouattara was officially nominated as the candidate of the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) during the RHDP congress held on June 21.