Last updated: 29 october, 2010 - 08:36 GMT

Laurent Gbagbo - A man of the people

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Ivory Coast's incumbent President and Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI) party candidate, Laurent Gbagbo in the upcoming presidential elections gestures during a campaign rally in Gagnoa.

President Laurent Gbagbo leads the Front Populaire Ivoirien party

The incumbent president is considered by fans to be a man of the people.

His populist communication skills are renown; and as the man already holding the top job he is the favourite to retain it at the polls on Sunday.

John James profiles the Ivory Coast leader.

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