Before his appointment as Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic on March 29, 2021, Mr. Cissé was respectively Minister of Oil, Energy and Renewable Energies from 2018 to 2021, Minister Special Advisor to the President of the Republic from 2017 to 2018, and Minister of Budget and State Portfolio from 2013 to 2017.

He began his professional career within the investment bank Goldman Sachs in London as Executive Director in charge of trading on euro zone indices before joining the Ivorian Public Administration. Mr. CISSE is a graduate of the École Polytechnique (2001, France) and holds a master’s degree in petroleum economics and management from the Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP School). He comes from the Ivorian public school where he did all his studies, until he obtained his baccalaureate in 1999. Mr. CISSE is one of the “100 Young Global Leaders” for the year 2017; distinction awarded by the World Economic Forum to leaders under 40 around the world. 40 years old, Mr. CISSE is married and has three children.