Ernest Boka

Ernest Boka (December 7, 1928 – April 6, 1964) was an Ivorian politician. A lawyer, Boka also served as Chief of Staff for the Governor-General of Côte d'Ivoire in 1957, Minister of National Education in 1958 and Minister of Public Service in 1959. In 1960, he was appointed President of the Supreme Court of Côte d'Ivoire. He headed the Ivorian delegation at the United Nations also in 1960. President Henri Konan Bédié built a mausoleum in his native village of Grand-Morié, a dozen kilometres from Agboville.