Bouda was born in Poa, located in Boulkiemdé Province.[1] An economist,[1][2] he began working at the Ministry of Planning and Cooperation in 1986; later, he was Secretary-General of the Ministry of Employment, Labor and Social Security from 1991 to 1995, and in November 2000 he became Secretary-General of the Government and the Council of Ministers. In December 2001, he was awarded the title of Officer of the National Order.[1]
Bouda was appointed to the government as Minister of the Economy and Development on 10 June 2002.[1][3][4] Following the outbreak of the Ivorian Civil War in September 2002, Bouda said that "the eventual economic consequences of the crisis in Ivory Coast will be catastrophic to our country".[5] He was retained as Minister of the Economy and Development in the government appointed on 6 January 2006.[1]
In the May 2007 parliamentary election, Bouda was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the governing Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) in Boulkiemdé Province.[1][2] On 10 June 2007, he was named as Minister of the Civil Service and State Reform.[1] His portfolio was again changed on 3 September 2008, this time to Minister of Health, replacing Alain Bédouma Yoda.[6]
Bouda was appointed as Ambassador to the United States in 2011. He arrived in the United States on 1 September 2011, a day after the departure of his predecessor, Paramanga Ernest Yonli,[7] and presented his credentials on 9 September 2011.[8]
