(NAIROBI, April 11, Xinhua)-, Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire was captured Monday in a military aggression conducted by the French at his residence in Abidjan, putting an end to the political impasse over long months in the West African country. Here is a profile of Gbagbo.
Gbagbo was born on 31 May 1945 in the village of Mama at Gagnoa - in the Centre West of C?te d'Ivoire. He obtained a PhD at the Paris Diderot University in 1979.
He joined the strike of teachers in 1982 and the same year, exiled in France.
Gbagbo returned to C?te d'Ivoire in 1988 and later was elected General Secretary of the new party political coast of ivory Popular Front (FPI).
In 1990, Gbagbo participated in the first presidential election since the introduction of a multi-party system, but did not win the seat. He was elected to the National Assembly in the same year and served as member of Parliament until 1996, when he was elected Chairman of FPI.
In the 2000 presidential election, Gbagbo replaced then leader Robert GUEI. In October of this year, he was sworn as President of C?te d'Ivoire.
In 2002, an attempt of a coup against the Gbagbo Government in breach has resulted in the split of the country in the North controlled by the rebels and Government-held South and it triggered civil war in 2002-2003.
In 2008, Gbagbo was designated as the flagship of the FPI in the presidential election scheduled for November this year, but the poll has been postponed to 2010.
The landmark election, the other since the civil war, took place in 2010 with Gbagbo and his rival, opposition leader and former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara in the second round of voting.
After the runoff held 28 November 2010, Ouattara was declared winner by the electoral body, but the result was quashed by the Constitutional Council of the country, which is rather to win Gbagbo.
Although the international community, including the Organization of the United Nations, the African Union, the economic community of the States of Africa in the West and the European Union have all recognized Ouattara as elected President of the country, Gbagbo challenged pressure and refused to resign.
Both Gbagbo and Ouattara themselves sworn in as President and established their respective Government, led by a Prime Minister.
The political stalemate developed in fighting between supporters and the choirs of other forces while hundreds of people have lost their lives in the violence.
in April 2011, the les forces forces the Ouattara, supported by the missions of the UN and French troops in Ivory Coast, seized most of the country including the capital, Yamoussoukro and the main city of Abidjan. April 11, Gbagbo was captured in a military assault after days of heavy fighting in Abidjan.
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