Mohamed Bazoum

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Mohamed Bazoum is a Nigerien politician. He is the Third Vice-President of the National Assembly of Niger,[1] the Vice President of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism-Tarayya (PNDS-Tarayya),[2] and the Vice-President of the PNDS Parliamentary Group.[3] The PNDS is currently the largest opposition party in the National Assembly.

Bazoum served as Secretary of State under the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in charge of Cooperation, in the transitional government of Prime Minister Amadou Cheiffou from 1991 to 1993.[4][5] He was elected to the National Assembly from the special constituency of Tesker as the PNDS candidate in a special election held on April 11, 1993; this followed the cancellation of the initial election in Tesker, held in February.[6] After the January 1995 parliamentary election, which was won by an opposition coalition of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) and the PNDS, Bazoum became Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the government of Prime Minister Hama Amadou, named on February 25, 1995.[7] He initially retained his post after Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara seized power in a military coup on January 27, 1996, but was replaced in the government named on May 5, 1996.[8] The PNDS opposed Maïnassara, and on July 26, 1996, Bazoum was placed under house arrest along with PNDS President Mahamadou Issoufou, a few weeks after the 1996 presidential election. He and Issoufou were released on the orders of a judge on August 12.[9]

Bazoum was arrested along with several other politicians, including MNSD Secretary-General Hama Amadou, on January 2, 1998, for allegedly participating in a plot to assassinate Maïnassara.[10][11]

Bazoum was again elected to the National Assembly in the December 2004 parliamentary election,[12] and during the parliamentary term that has followed he has served as Third Vice-President of the National Assembly[1] and Vice-President of the PNDS Parliamentary Group.[3]

Bazoum was one of 14 deputies who filed a censure motion against Prime Minister Hama Amadou on May 26, 2007;[13] Amadou's government was defeated in the subsequent no-confidence vote on May 31, and Bazoum praised "maturity of the political class of Niger that has just put an end to the mandate of the team which specialised in the predation of public funds."[14]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Page at the official website of the National Assembly of Niger (French).
  2. ^ PNDS-Tarayya National Executive Committee, as of September 2004 (French).
  3. ^ a b Page on parliamentary groups at the official website of the National Assembly of Niger (French).
  4. ^ "GOUVERNEMENTS DE LA TRANSITION DE CHEFFOU AMADOU", Nigerien presidency website (French).
  5. ^ "DE L’ART D’UTILISER LES DETTES", L'Humanite, September 26, 1992 (French).
  6. ^ "Afrique de l'Ouest - Niger - Cour suprême - 1993 - Arrêt no 93-12/cc du 20 avril 1993", droit.francophonie.org (French).
  7. ^ "GOUVERNEMENTS DU PRESIDENT MAHAMANE OUSMANE", official web site of the Nigerien presidency (French).
  8. ^ "GOUVERNEMENTS DU PRESIDENT IBRAHIM MAINASSARA BARRE", official website of the Nigerien presidency (French).
  9. ^ "Niger: A major step backwards", Amnesty International, 16 October 1996.
  10. ^ André Salifou, "Evolution du processus démocratique nigérien de 1991 à 1999", democratie.francophonie.org (French).
  11. ^ "Niger Police arrest three opposition leaders", BBC News Online, January 3, 1998.
  12. ^ List of deputies in the National Assembly, National Assembly web site (2005 archive) (French).
  13. ^ "Assemblée nationale Débats et vote d’une motion de censure contre le gouvernement aujourd’hui", Sahel Quotidien (tamtaminfo.com), May 28, 2007 (French).
  14. ^ "Niger government falls after a "no confidence" vote", African Press Agency, May 31, 2007.
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