Aminatou Maïga Touré

Aminatou Maïga Djibrilla Touré (born November 4, 1955 in Niamey ) is a Nigerien diplomat and politician . From 2010 to 2011 she was Foreign Minister Niger .

Life

Aminatou Maiga Toure completed a degree in public law at the University of Lomé in Togo , and attended post-graduate courses in Paris and Cameroon . In 1979 she joined the Nigerien Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she worked in the Department of Legal and Consular Affairs until 1991. Touré worked at the Nigerian Embassy in Germany from 1991 to 1995 . From 1996 to 2000 she was mayor of Niamey II , the then (sub) municipality of Niger's capital. She then worked again as permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from 2003 to 2005 she was general secretary of the national Francophonie Commission.

Touré was accredited on March 13, 2006 to succeed Joseph Diatta as Niger's Ambassador to the United States . After the overthrow of President Mamadou Tandja , she became Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Nigerians in the Niger government on March 1, 2010. This transitional government, set up under the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy , was in office until the government was formed on April 21, 2011, following the 2011 parliamentary and presidential elections . Mohamed Bazoum became the new foreign minister . In addition to her ministerial function, Aminatou Maïga Touré also remained in office as ambassador to the United States and was replaced as such by Maman Sambo Sidikou on January 18, 2012 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Noel Brinkerhoff: Ambassador from Niger: Who is Aminata Maiga Djibrilla Touré? In: AllGov. August 7, 2011, accessed February 21, 2015 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Diplomatic Representation for Niger. US Department of State , January 18, 2012, accessed February 21, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Les gouvernements du Niger. Association IZF, archived from the original on May 27, 2013 ; Retrieved on February 21, 2015 (French).