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Verifiable identity sheet

Official name: Honorable Yao N’Guessan Innocent (commonly: Innocent Yao)
Office: Member of Parliament for Constituency 109 (Ouellé – Ananda – Akpassanou), National Assembly of Côte d’Ivoire
Other responsibilities: National President of JPDCI Rurale; member of the Political Bureau of PDCI-RDA
Election: 27 December 2025 — 59.2% of votes cast (official CEI results)
Took office: 7 January 2026
Constituency: Constituency 109: Ouellé, Ananda and Akpassanou sub-prefectures, Iffou Region
Press contact: parlement@innocentyao.com — National Assembly Office, Plateau, Abidjan

Short biography (quote as is)

Honorable Yao N'Guessan Innocent, known as Innocent Yao, is the Member of Parliament for Constituency 109 (Ouellé – Ananda – Akpassanou) in the Iffou Region, sitting in the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire. Elected on 27 December 2025 with 59.2% of votes cast, he took his seat on 7 January 2026. He is also National President of JPDCI Rurale, the rural youth organisation of the PDCI-RDA, and a member of the party's Political Bureau. His mandate focuses on agriculture and rural land rights, education, access to safe drinking water, community health, and the empowerment of women and young people in his constituency.

The long biography, dated timeline and sources are on the Biography page. Biography & Career

Official portraits

Honorable Innocent Yao at desk no. 109 in the National Assembly chamber, wearing the tricolour parliamentary sash.Download the file
Full-length portrait of Honorable Innocent Yao in a suit, wearing the tricolour sash, in front of an official building.Download the file
Honorable Innocent Yao seated in an embroidered white shirt at an open-air ceremony — date and place to be confirmed by the parliamentary office.Download the file