Issoufou, Mahamadou

LC control no.	nb2002069374
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Issoufou, Mahamadou *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Niger
Associated place	France
Birth date	1952-01-01
Affiliation	Parti nigérien pour la démocratie et le socialisme Société des mines de l'Aïr
Profession or occupation	Mining engineers Presidents Politicians
Found in	Déclaration de politique générale de son excellence le Premier ministre Mahamadou Issoufou ..., 1993 Encyclopaedia Britannica online, Nov. 4, 2016 (Mahamadou Issoufou; born Jan. 1, 1952 in Dan Daji, Niger; Nigerian politician who became president in 2011; studied in France in 1970s, became a mining engineer; returned in 1979, worked for Société des Mines de l'Aïr (SOMAÏR), a French-controlled mining company; in 1990 he helped found Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism-Tarayya (Parti Nigérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme-Tarayya; PNDS); left SOMAÏR two years later to pursue politics full-time; prime minister 1933-1994 under Pres. Mahamane Ousmane; ran unsuccessfully for president four times; as head of PNDS he was leading opposition figure during rule of Pres. Mamadou Tandja; after Tandja was deposed in a coup, he won the presidency in a runoff in 2011, returning Niger to civilian rule; won again in 2016)
Associated language	fre