Chairperson of Harris Memel-Fotê-Jean Jaurès Fondation[2] in Abidjan, he was also vice-chairman of the Academy of sciences, arts, and cultures of Africa and the African diaspora (ASCAD).

The general public discovered Séry Bailly in the early 90s but he was already known in the 70s as belonging to the protesters circles which should generate the Ivorian left.

Deported from March 1971 to January 1973 in Séguéla -more than 500 kilometers from Abidjan- He will have Laurent Gbagbo as a prison life companion.

This attitude raised the anger of some Ivorian patriots at the outbreak of the political and military crisis in Côte d'Ivoire on 19 September 2002.

Faced with the frightening machine opponents of official discourse, a segment of the population considers insufficient his actions at the head of the Ministry of Communications.