He was the ruling party's candidate in the 2020 Ivorian presidential election and had been among the favourites to win.

In the early 1990s, Amadou Gon Coulibaly worked as a technical adviser to Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara.

It was considered broadly similar to the previous government under Daniel Kablan Duncan, with most of the key ministers retaining their posts.

[6] Coulibaly was additionally assigned responsibility for the ministerial portfolio of the budget on 19 July 2017.

He went to France on 2 May 2020, for a heart exam and rest, then returned to Ivory Coast on 2 July.