Early Career
Ibrahim Coulibaly was born in 1964 in Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire. He entered the Armed Forces of Côte d'Ivoire in 1985, rising to the rank of Staff-Sargent. in the early 1990s Coulibaly attracted attention within the military as a soldier and as a Basketball player, and was promoted to the bodyguard unit of then Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire Alassane Ouattara. Here became involved in politics and came to meet higher-ranking officers who would eventually be involved in the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état.
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