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17-1250: Issoufou is a surname and given name. Notable people with the surname include: Given name [ edit ] Issoufou Assoumane , Nigerien politician and ministers of council Issoufou Boubacar Garba (born 1990), Nigerien footballer Issoufou Dayo (born 1991), Burkina Faso footballer Issoufou Habou (born 1945), Nigerien light-middleweight boxer Issoufou Saidou-Djermakoye (1920– 2000), Nigerien politician Issoufou Sidibé , Nigerien labour leader and politician Ousmane Issoufou Oubandawaki (born 1948), Nigerien politician Surname [ edit ] Abdoul Razak Issoufou (born 1994), Nigerien taekwondo practitioner Alhassane Issoufou (born 1981), Nigerien footballer Aissata Issoufou Mahamadou , Nigerien chemist, chemical engineer, mining specialist, healthcare advocate and First Lady of Niger Boubacar Idrissa Issoufou (born 197), Nigerien footballer Lalla Malika Issoufou (born 1975), Nigerien medical doctor, patron of many charities and First Lady of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou (born 1952), Nigerien politician, President of Niger Yanis Issoufou (born 2006), French footballer See also [ edit ] Issouf ,

34-482: A cognate [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Issoufou&oldid=1219834089 " Categories : Given names Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

51-631: A military career. Maïnassara was named Army Chief of Staff in March 1995, under a constitution that had moved Niger from prolonged military rule in 1991. On April 9, 1999, he was assassinated in Niamey during Nigerien coup d'état . Parliamentary elections in January 1995 resulted in cohabitation between President Mahamane Ousmane and a parliament controlled by his opponents, led by Prime Minister Hama Amadou . Rivalry between Ousmane and Amadou effectively paralyzed

68-506: A near-mutiny by the army in February 1998 over unpaid salaries. The National Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal (UNIRD) was established in 1996 to support Maïnassara in that year's elections, but subsequently, the Rally for Democracy and Progress-Jama'a was established as the ruling party. With the constitution barring presidents from leading parties, Hamid Algabid became the leader of

85-591: A political transition that ended with elections late in the year. The constitution adopted in a July 1999 referendum provides for an amnesty for participants in both the 1996 and 1999 coups. An investigation into Maïnassara's death had begun in June 1999, but following the amnesty, it ended in September. The RDP-Jama'a has demanded an international inquiry into his death in the years since. His widow, former first lady Clémence Aïssa Baré , and their children have campaigned for

102-703: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Issoufou Assoumane Assoumane was Secretary-General of the Democratic Union of Progressive Forces (UDFP-Sawaba) during the 1990s. Along with Mamadou Tandja , the President of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD-Nassara), and André Salifou , the President of the Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots (UPDP-Chamoua), Assoumane

119-490: The President, with the rank of Minister, on 20 April 2011. Ibrahim Bare Mainassara General Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (9 May 1949 – 9 April 1999) was a Nigerien military officer and diplomat who ruled Niger from 1996 until his assassination. He seized and lost power in military coups . Baré Maïnassara, a Maouri , a subgroup of Niger's Hausa ethnic majority, was born in Dogondoutchi in 1949 and pursued

136-624: The RDP-Jama'a in August 1997. Local elections were held in February 1999, and in early April the Supreme Court released results which showed the opposition winning more seats than Maïnassara's supporters; the Court also canceled the results in many areas and ordered elections there to be held again. The opposition called for protests against the cancellation of results on 8 April. On 9 April 1999, Maïnassara

153-507: The UDSN-Talaka was part of the presidential majority coalition supporting President Tandja, Assoumane expressed opposition to Tandja's efforts to call a referendum on a new constitution that would allow him to run for re-election in 2009. Later, after the success of the referendum, he was present for an opposition rally in Niamey on 13 December 2009. On that occasion, he said that it was the will of

170-585: The candidacy of Mamadou Tandja in the second round of the 1999 presidential election . Tandja won the election, and Assoumane was appointed to the government as Minister of the Environment and the Fight Against Desertification on 5 January 2000. He served in that position until 17 September 2001, when he left the government. He founded the UDSN-Talaka, a political party, in October 2001. Although

187-570: The government in November 1997, expressing hope for greater political cooperation, Assoumane rejected the gesture. He said that nothing less than the dissolution of the National Assembly and the holding of a new election would be sufficient, and he said that the opposition would not participate in the next government. According to Assoumane, Mainassara's decision was "aimed at pulling wool over the international community's eyes" and intended to "portray

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204-527: The government, and Maïnassara seized power on 27 January 1996, pointing to the difficult political situation as justification. Under Maïnassara's rule, a new constitution was approved by referendum in May 1996, and a presidential election was held on 7–8 July 1996. Maïnassara took about 52% of the vote, in an election widely viewed as fraudulent. On the second day of polling, he had the electoral commission dissolved and replaced it with another electoral commission; on

221-478: The opposition as refusing to participate in his government". He noted that even if the opposition participated in the government, its ministers could be dismissed on a pretext at any time. Assoumane was arrested in early January 1998, along with Hama Amadou and Mohamed Bazoum , for alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Mainassara. He was never charged and was released a week after his arrest. Later, following Bare's 1999 assassination, Assoumane supported

238-463: The people that Tandja leave office on 22 December, the date his term was originally scheduled to end. Assoumane supported the candidacy of Mahamadou Issoufou in the January–;March 2011 presidential election ; he campaigned alongside Issoufou during the first round as well as the second. After Issoufou won the election and took office as President, he appointed Assoumane as Special Adviser to

255-636: The same day, he also had the four opposition candidates placed under house arrest, which lasted for two weeks. Maïnassara was sworn in on 7 August. He imposed conservative Islamist laws that included the banning of short skirts and a crackdown on the sale of contraceptives, while also introducing economic reforms and signing an agreement with the International Monetary Fund . However, the country's economic problems continued and its external debt rose to $ 1.4 billion. This led to strikes by teachers and civil servants over pay arrears and job losses and

272-564: Was ambushed and shot to death by soldiers, reportedly members of the Presidential Guard, at the airport in the capital city of Niamey as he was going to board a helicopter. The circumstances of the killing were not clear; rumors suggested that Maïnassara was attempting to flee the country. Initially his death was officially described as an "unfortunate accident", but this claim was widely considered implausible. Coup leader Daouda Malam Wanké succeeded him as head of state and initiated

289-512: Was arrested on 17 April 1994 following a protest against the government. In the January 1995 parliamentary election , the opposition coalition won a majority of seats, and Assoumane served in the government as Minister of Mines and Energy from 25 February 1995 until the government was ousted in a military coup on 27 January 1996. After the 1996 coup, Assoumane was an opposition leader under President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara . When Mainassara dismissed

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