Habi Mahamadou Salissou

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Habi Mahamadou Salissou is a Nigerien politician and the Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD).[1]

Salissou was elected to the National Assembly in the February 1993 parliamentary election[2] as an MNSD candidate in Tahoua constituency.[3] He was again elected to the National Assembly in the November 1999 parliamentary election from Tahoua constituency[4] and served as a deputy until September 2001.[5] He was also First Questeur of the National Assembly[5][6] and First Rapporteur of the MNSD Parliamentary Group at that time.[7]

In the government named on September 17, 2001, under Prime Minister Hama Amadou of the MNSD, Salissou was appointed Minister of Secondary and Higher Education, Research and Technology.[5][8] Following the December 2004 parliamentary election, he was appointed Minister of Trade, Industry and the Promotion of the Private Sector in the government named on December 30, 2004.[5][8] He was not included in the government of Prime Minister Seyni Oumarou (also of the MNSD), named on June 9, 2007 following a no-confidence vote against the previous government.[9]

In addition to being the Secretary-General of the MNSD, Salissou is also President of the MNSD section in Tahoua Region.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Political Bureau of the MNSD, MNSD web site (2005 archive) (French).
  2. ^ "Afrique de l'Ouest - Niger - Cour suprême - 1993 - Arrêt no 93-10/cc du 18 mars 1993", droit.francophonie.org (French).
  3. ^ "Afrique de l'Ouest - Niger - Cour suprême - 1993 - Arrêt no 93-3/cc du 1er février 1993", droit.francophonie.org (French).
  4. ^ List of deputies elected in the 1999 election by constituency, National Assembly website (2004 archive page) (French).
  5. ^ a b c d e "Gouvernement du 1er mars 2007 : Iniquité et part du lion du MNSD", Roue de l'Histoire, n° 342, 7 March 2007 (Tamtaminfo.com) (French).
  6. ^ "Bureau de l'Assemblée nationale 2001", National Assembly web site (2001 archive page) (French).
  7. ^ Parliamentary groups in the National Assembly, National Assembly web site (2001 archive page) (French).
  8. ^ a b List of governments of Niger, official website of the Nigerien presidency (French).
  9. ^ Oumarou Keïta, "LE 3E GOUVERNEMENT DE LA 2E MANDATURE DE TANDJA. Fera-t-il mieux que les précédents ?", Le Republicain-Niger (planetafrique.com), June 13, 2007 (French).