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Chantal Camara Nanaba is an Ivorian judge. In April 2019, she was made president of the Court of Cassation, joining the other three judges Pierre Kobo Claver, Koné Mamadou and Francis Wodié. In May 2020 she became president of the Superior Council of the Judiciary. President of the republic, Alassane Ouattara, appointed her to a term of three years. She has received the highest honour bestowed by the state, the National Order of the Ivory Coast. On May 9, 2023, while she is a magistrate outside the hierarchy of group 1 single level, she was appointed President of the Constitutional Council by decree for a non-renewable term of 6 years. The announcement is made by the Minister Secretary General of the Presidency Abdourahmane Cissé and Chantal Camara is to succeed Mamadou Koné's post, which has been empty for 2 years following a "politico-judicial imbroglio". She takes office on July 21, 2023.