Marcel Auguste Denise (February 3, 1906 – 1991) was the head of state of Ivory Coast before the independency after Ernest De Nattes, a colonial administrator who was stationed in Côte d'Ivoire.He was the "President of the provisional government" of Côte d'Ivoire during the colonial and autonomous period. An Ivorian statesman with West Indian origin (Martinique). Its name was given to the Auguste-Denise stadium located in the city of San-Pédro, in the west of the country.