Youssouf Bakayoko (born 1943), Minister for Foreign Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire
On 2 December 2010, Youssouf Bakayoko, the President of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), went to the United Nations-guarded hotel where Ouattara was staying and announced provisional election results showing that Ouattara had won the election in the second round with 54.1% of the vote, against 45.9% for Laurent Gbagbo.