List of Nigeriens
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This is a list of notable people from Niger
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Niger
Niger , officially named 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...
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- Hama AmadouHama AmadouHama Amadou is a Nigerien politician who was Prime Minister of Niger from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2007. He was also Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Development of Society from 1991 to 2001 and President of the MNSD-Nassara from 2001 to 2009...
, former Prime Minister - Djibo BakaryDjibo BakaryDjibo Bakary was a socialist politician and important figure in the independence movement of Niger. Bakary was the first Nigerien to hold local executive power since the beginning of French colonialism...
, colonial premier and Sawaba party leader - Hamani DioriHamani DioriHamani Diori was the first President of the Republic of Niger. He was appointed to that office in 1960, when Niger gained independence.- Youth :...
, first President - Mahamadou IssoufouMahamadou IssoufouMahamadou Issoufou is a Nigerien politician who has been President of Niger since 7 April 2011. Previously he was Prime Minister of Niger from 1993 to 1994 and President of the National Assembly from 1995 to 1996, and he has stood as a candidate in each presidential election since 1993.Issoufou...
, present Leader of the Opposition,former prime minister - Ibrahim Baré MaïnassaraIbrahim Baré MaïnassaraColonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara was a military officer in the West African country of Niger who seized power in a January 1996 coup d'état and ruled the country until his assassination during the military coup of April 1999....
, President, 1996–99 - Mamadou Tandja, 1999-2010 President
- Ibrahim Hassane MayakiIbrahim Hassane MayakiIbrahim Hassane Mayaki was Prime Minister of Niger from November 27, 1997, to January 3, 2000.-Fourth Republic:Under President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, who seized power in a January 1996 coup, Mayaki was named Deputy Minister for Cooperation, under the Minister of Foreign Affairs, André Salifou,...
, former prime minister - Mamane OumarouMamane OumarouMamane Oumarou is a Nigerien political figure who served two brief periods as Prime Minister of Niger during the 1980s. He has been Mediator of the Republic since 2008....
, Prime Minister, 1983 & 1989 - Mahamane OusmaneMahamane OusmaneMahamane Ousmane is a Nigerien politician. He was the first democratically elected and fourth President of Niger, serving from 16 April 1993 until his ouster in a military coup d'état on 27 January 1996. He has continued to run for President in each election since his ouster, and he was President...
, President, 1993–96 - Ali SaibouAli SaibouAli Saibou was the third President of Niger from 1987 to 1993 succeeding the deceased Seyni Kountché.A member of the Djerma people, he was born in Dingajibanda, a village in the Ouallam arrondissement. Although from Kountché's home village, Saibou is not a cousin...
, President, 1987–93 - André SalifouAndré SalifouAndré Salifou is a Nigerien politician, diplomat, and professor. He was President of the High Council of the Republic during the 1991–93 transitional period, Foreign Minister in 1996, and an unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1999....
, professor and opposition leader - Ilguilas WeilaIlguilas WeilaIlguilas Weila is an anti-slavery human rights activist in Niger. He is president of the anti-slavery organization Timidria.Ilguilas Weila and five other people were arrested on 28 April 2005 accused of trying to falsely elicit money, two billion CFA francs, from foreign donors...
, human rights activist - Seyni OumarouSeyni OumarouSeyni Oumarou is a Nigerien politician who was Prime Minister of Niger from June 2007 to September 2009 and President of the National Assembly of Niger from November 2009 to February 2010. He is from the west of the country and is a member of the Djerma ethnic group...
, present prime minister - Ousmane Issoufou OubandawakiOusmane Issoufou OubandawakiOusmane Issoufou Oubandawaki is a Nigerien politician. An engineer by profession, specializing in civil aviation, Oubandawaki held various posts at ASECNA and served in the government of Niger under President Ibrahim Baré Mainassara, first as Minister of National Defense from 1996 to 1997 and...
, former Minister of National Defence, former Minister of Transports, former Director General of ASECNA - Nnimmo BasseyNnimmo BasseyNnimmo Bassey is a Nigerian environmentalist activist and poet, elected chair of Friends of the Earth International and Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action. He is one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Environment 2009. In 2010, Nnimmo Bassey was named co-winner of the Right Livelihood...
, environmentalist activist and poet, elected chair of Friends of the Earth International and Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action. He is part of the list of Heroes of the Environment 2009
Military Leaders
- Seyni KountchéSeyni KountchéSeyni Kountché was a Nigerien military officer who led a 1974 coup d'état that deposed the government of Niger's first president, Hamani Diori. He ruled the country as military head of state from 1974 to 1987...
, military officer,president 1974-1987 - Général Ali SaïbouAli SaibouAli Saibou was the third President of Niger from 1987 to 1993 succeeding the deceased Seyni Kountché.A member of the Djerma people, he was born in Dingajibanda, a village in the Ouallam arrondissement. Although from Kountché's home village, Saibou is not a cousin...
, military officer,president 1987-1992 - Daouda Malam WankéDaouda Malam WankéDaouda Malam Wanké was a military and political leader in Niger. He was a member of Hausa ethnic group.Wanké's year of birth is disputed. Many sources claim it is 1954 while others 1946.-Biography:...
, military officer,president 1999-2000
Religious figures
- SarraouniaSarraouniaSarraounia was a Queen of the African Azna people, who ruled in a region of Western Africa during the late 19th century.She was ruler of an animist group of Eastern Hausa. Queen Sarraounia of the Aznas fought the French colonial troops in 1899...
: Mauri religious leader - Ambroise OuédraogoAmbroise OuédraogoAmbroise Ouédraogo has been the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Maradi since 2001. Ouédraogo was the first Nigerien bishop in the Roman Catholic Church....
: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Maradi
Architects
- Abba Moussa Souleyman, designer of the Académie des Arts Martiaux http://www.ambafrance-ne.org/article.php3?id_article=355 (Martial Arts Academy) for the 2005 Francophonie