Sanoussi Jackou

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Sanoussi Tambari Jackou (born 1940[1]) is a Nigerien politician and the President of the Nigerien Party for Self-Management (PNA-Aloumat).[1][2]

Jackou was born in Kornaka, in the Dakoro arrondissement of Maradi Department. He worked in the civil service from 1970 until he was arrested on March 20, 1976, following a failed coup attempt against the regime of Seyni Kountché on March 15. He was imprisoned until November 23, 1987, when he was released shortly after Kountché's death; he returned to the civil service in March 1988. In the early 1990s, Jackou was a founding member of the Democratic and Social Convention (CDS-Rahama).[1] He was elected to the National Assembly in the February 1993 parliamentary election[3] as a CDS candidate in Maradi constituency.[4] Following this election, from 1993 to 1994 he served as Vice-President of the National Assembly of Niger.[2]

During the rule of Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Jackou joined the government as Minister of State for Higher Education, Research, Technology, and African Integration.[5] As a result, he was expelled from the CDS, of which he had been the deputy leader,[6] and he formed the PNA-Aloumat in early 1997,[1][7] allying himself with Baré.[8] In April 1998, however, he broke with Baré.[9]

At present he is a member of the National Assembly, having been elected in the December 2004 parliamentary election from Maradi constituency.[10] He is part of the opposition, participating in the parliamentary group of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS), and he is the only PNA-Aloumat deputy in the National Assembly.[11] He has also been President of the Commission of Economic Affairs and the Plan in the National Assembly.[12]

Jackou was one of 14 deputies who filed a censure motion against the government of Prime Minister Hama Amadou on May 26, 2007.[13] Amadou's government was subsequently defeated in a no-confidence vote on May 31.[14]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sanoussi: Ni Sujet, Ni Vassal du PNDS", L'Action, N° 15, July 20, 2007, page 6 (French).
  2. ^ a b Page at National Assembly website (French).
  3. ^ "Afrique de l'Ouest - Niger - Cour suprême - 1993 - Arrêt no 93-10/cc du 18 mars 1993", droit.francophonie.org (French).
  4. ^ "Afrique de l'Ouest - Niger - Cour suprême - 1993 - Arrêt no 93-3/cc du 1er février 1993", droit.francophonie.org (French).
  5. ^ "GOUVERNEMENTS DU PRESIDENT IBRAHIM MAINASSARA BARRE", Nigerien presidency website (French).
  6. ^ Africa South of the Sahara 2004 (2003), Routledge, page 795.
  7. ^ Omar Kané, "Politique Vers une autre rénovation au CDS ?", Le Canard déchaîné, N° 266, April 2, 2007 (tamtaminfo.com) (French).
  8. ^ "NIGER: New presidential alliance", IRIN-WA Update 137 of Events in West Africa, 3 February 1998.
  9. ^ "Presidential ally breaks ranks", IRIN-WA Update 196 of Events in West Africa, 28 April 1998.
  10. ^ List of deputies at National Assembly website (French).
  11. ^ Page on parliamentary groups on National Assembly website (French).
  12. ^ Page on commissions in the National Assembly (2005 archive page) (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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