Afrik.com: Congo-Brazzaville : Macky Sall, Mahamadou Issoufou et Umaro Sissoco Embaló élevés au rang de Docteurs Honoris causa
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Mahamadou Issoufou
Mahamadou Issoufou is a Nigerien politician who served as the president of Niger from 7 April 2011 to 2 April 2021. Issoufou was the prime minister of Niger from 1993 to 1994, president of the National Assembly from 1995 to 1996, and a candidate in each presidential election from 1993 to 2016. He led the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya), a social democratic party, from its…
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politics · President of Niger from 2011 to 2021 · politician · also Mahamadou Issoufou, Issoufou
Born 1 January 1952 · Q57482
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2026· 2 entries
JeuneAfrique: Mahamadou Issoufou
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2024· 1 entry
dw: Un an après, Mahamadou Issoufou condamne le putsch au Niger
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2023· 1 entry
Radio France Internationale: L'ancien président nigérien Mahamadou Issoufou reçoit le prix Ibrahim 2020
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2022· 2 entries
Radio France Internationale: Mahamadou Issoufou, médiateur de la Cédéao au Burkina, satisfait de la visite de la Cédéao
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Anadolu Ajansi: Burkina Faso-CEDEAO : Le parti de Compaoré récuse le choix de Mahamadou Issoufou en qualité de médiateur
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2021· 2 entries
lopinion.fr: Mahamadou Issoufou: «On reproche à l’Afrique un manque de démocratie. Existe-t-elle au niveau mondial?»
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Cfr.org: Niger’s Mahamadou Issoufou Awarded Mo Ibrahim Prize for Excellence in African Leadership
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2020· 1 entry
Announced that he would not run for a third term in the 2020–21 Nigerien general election
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2019· 2 entries
La Tribune: Mahamadou Issoufou : « La transformation de nos matières premières est la solution à la migration clandestine des Africains »
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Career landmark: Chairperson of ECOWAS (2019–2020).
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud (2018).
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2016· 1 entry
BBC: Takaitaccen tarihin Mahamadou Issoufou
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2013· 1 entry
Le Parisien: Mahamadou Issoufou : « Des ennemis imprévisibles et capables du pire »
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2011· 2 entries
“the moment has come, the conditions are right”
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Career landmark: President of Niger (2011–2021).
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2009· 1 entry
The PNDS strongly opposed Tandja's efforts to hold a referendum on the creation of a new constitution that would allow him to run for re-election indefinitely
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1993· 4 entries
Election won: 1993 presidential election and appointment as prime minister.
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Campaign: 1993 presidential election and appointment as prime minister.
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Career landmark: Member of the National Assembly of Niger (1993–2009).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Niger (1993–1994).
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1952· 1 entry
Born 1952-01-01.
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