Hamid Algabid

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Hamid Algabid

Hamid Algabid (born 1941 in Belbedji, Niger

Niger

Niger , officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east....
) is a Nigerien politician, former Prime Minister and President of the Rally for Democracy and Progress

Rally for Democracy and Progress (Niger)

The Rally for Democracy and Progress is a political party in Niger. It was established as the ruling party during the presidency of Ibrahim Bar? Ma?nassara....
(RDP-Jama'a) party.

A member of the Tuareg

Tuareg

The Tuareg are a nomadic pastoralist people. They are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. They call themselves variously Kel Tamasheq or Kel Tamajaq , Imuhagh, Imazaghan or Imashaghen , or Kel Tagelmust, i.e., "People of the Veil"....
ethnic group, Algabid served in the government during the rule of Seyni Kountché

Seyni Kountché

Seyni Kountch? was a Nigerien military officer who led a 1974 coup d'?tat that deposed the government of Niger's first Heads of State of Niger, Hamani Diori....
. On September 10 1979 he was named Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in which position he served until he was named Minister of Trade on February 9 1981; on June 14 1982 he was named Minister of Trade and Transport.

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Hamid Algabid (born 1941 in Belbedji, Niger

Niger

Rally for Democracy and Progress (Niger)

Tuareg

Seyni Kountché

Heads of government of Niger

List of Heads of Government of NigerAffiliationsSee also *Niger*Heads of State of Niger*Lists of Incumbents...
on 14 November 1983. He served as Prime Minister until 15 July 1988. From 1989 to 1996, he was secretary-general of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC). In December 1996, he was nominated as a candidate to become Secretary-General of the United Nations, a post which was won by Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan

Kofi Atta Annan, Order of St Michael and St George is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh United Nations Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1997 to 1 January 2007....
.

During the rule of Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara

Ibrahim Bar? Ma?nassara was a military officer in the West African country of Niger who seized power in a January 1996 coup d'?tat and ruled the country until his assassination during the military coup of April 1999....
, Algabid was named President of the RDP-Jama'a, which was established as the ruling party, on August 20 1997 at the party's national congress. Algabid also became head of the Convergence for the Republic (CPR), a pro-Maïnassara coalition composed of 15 parties, which was formed in August 1998. Maïnassara was assassinated in April 1999, and a military regime scheduled a new presidential election

Nigerien presidential election, 1999

A presidential election was held in Niger in late 1999, with the first round on October 17 and a second round, coinciding with a Nigerien parliamentary election, 1999, on November 24....
for late in the year. Algabid ran as the RDP-Jama'a candidate in this election; although Amadou Cissé

Amadou Cissé

Amadou Boubacar Ciss? is a Nigerien politician. He served as the country's Heads of Government of Niger on two occasions - from 8 to 21 February 1995 and 21 December 1996 to 27 November 1997....
, the vice-chairman of the party, also attempted to run as the RDP candidate, the Court of State approved Algabid's candidacy and rejected Cissé's on 3 September. In the first round of the election, held on 17 October, Algabid placed fourth out of seven candidates, winning 10.83% of the vote. On 6 November, Algabid announced his support for Mahamadou Issoufou

Mahamadou Issoufou

Mahamadou Issoufou is a Nigerien politician. He is the President of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism , a social democratic party which is currently the largest opposition party in the National Assembly of Niger....
, the candidate of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism

Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism

The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism is a political party in Niger. It is a broadly left-wing party, part of the Socialist International, and it is the country's main opposition party....
, in the second round; Issoufou was defeated by Tandja Mamadou

Tandja Mamadou

Colonel Tandja Mamadou is a Nigerien politician who has been the List of Presidents of Niger since 1999. He was President of the National Movement of the Development Society from 1991 to 1999 and unsuccessfully ran as the MNSD's presidential candidate in 1993 and 1996 before being elected to his first term in 1999....
of the National Movement for the Development of Society

National Movement for the Development of Society

The National Movement for the Development of Society - MNSD / MNSD-NASSARA is a political party in Niger. Founded under the military government of the 1974-1990 period, it is currently the ruling party of Niger, and the party of the president, Tandja Mamadou....
.

Algabid was also elected to the National Assembly

National Assembly of Niger

The unicameral National Assembly of Niger is the country's sole legislative body. All ministers of government, including the Prime Minister of Niger are elected members of this body....
in the 1999 parliamentary election, and during the parliamentary term that followed he served as Fourth Vice-President of the National Assembly as well as the Vice-President of the RDP Parliamentary Group.

Algabid was re-elected as President of the RDP for another three-year term at a party congress on January 23 2001. On this occasion, he said that the RDP's "immediate objective" was "to secure the opening of an international commission of inquiry into the assassination of president Mainassara".

Algabid served as the African Union

African Union

The African Union is an intergovernmental organisation consisting of 53 African states. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity ....
's (AU) special envoy for Darfur

Darfur conflict

The War in Darfur is a conflict that is in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Unlike the Second Sudanese Civil War, the current lines of conflict are seen by some reporters to be ethnic and tribal, rather than religious....
in 2004. On September 11 2004 he was designated as the RDP candidate in the 2004 presidential election

Niger presidential election, 2004

The Niger held a presidential election on 16 November 2004. Voter turnout in this round of polling was 48.3%.Six candidates contested the election:...
; however, he was largely absent from the country at the time due to his role as a mediator in Sudan. In the election, held on 16 November, Algabid finished last out of six candidates with 4.89% of the vote. On 21 November, the RDP announced its support for Tandja in the second round.

Algabid is currently a member of the National Assembly, having been re-elected in the 2004 parliamentary election

Nigerien parliamentary election, 2004

A parliamentary election was held in Niger on 4 December 2004 alongside a simultaneous Nigerien presidential election, 2004. 105 members were elected in 8 multi-member constituencies using the party-list proportional representation system....
.