Marou Amadou
Marou Amadou (born January 1, 1972 in Falmey ) is a Nigerien lawyer and politician . He has been Minister of Justice and government spokesman for his country since 2011 .
Life
Marou Amadou was born in the village of Kotaki, part of Falmey parish. In 1992 he became president of the sub-section of the Nigerien Student Union at the Lycée Sarraounia Mangou in Dosso . From 1996 to 1999 he was general secretary of the student union. Amadou studied law , obtained a licentiate in business law from the Université d'Abomey Calavi in Benin in 2000 and a master's degree in private law from the Abdou Moumouni University in Niamey in 2001 . He was involved in numerous civil society organizations . In 2000 he founded the Comité de réflexion et d'orientation indépendant pour la sauvegarde des acquis démocratiques (CROISADE), which he chaired. He then became general secretary of the Collectif des organizations de défense des droits de l'Homme et de la démocratie (CODDHD), as its deputy coordinator from 2008. From 2001 Amadou worked as secretary for human rights and fundamental freedoms in the Coordination démocratique de la société civile nigérienne (CDSCN). In 2005 he founded the Coalition equité / qualité contre la vie chère , where he worked as administrative secretary. In 2006 he became deputy coordinator of the Comité d'appui aux services d'assiette et de recouvrement des taxes et impôts fonciers (CASARIF), president of the Nigerien national section of Publish What You Pay and the secretary of the Réseau des organizations pour la responsible for training and communication transparence et l'analyse budgetaire (ROTAB). Amadou was arrested and temporarily detained for the first time in 2002 and again in 2005.
The Nigerien President Mamadou Tandja , who was elected in 1999 and 2004, sought in 2008/2009 a third term in office not provided for in the constitution and for this purpose switched off the National Assembly and the Constitutional Court. Marou Amadou was involved in the resistance of civil society against Tandja: as founder and president of the Front uni pour la sauvegarde des acquis démocratique (FUSAD), spokesman for the Front pour la défense de la démocratie (FDD) and member of the management of the Coordination des forces pour la démocratie et la république (CFDR). In August 2009 he was arrested for assaulting the state security, taken to the Koutoukalé maximum security prison in Karma , and released on bail after more than a month. After Tandja was overthrown by the military on February 18, 2010, Marou Amadou became President of the National Consultative Council, the transitional parliament, on April 7, 2010. He held this office until April 7, 2011. He was succeeded as President of Parliament by the former Prime Minister Hama Amadou . Since April 21, 2011, Marou Amadou has held the post of Justice Minister and Government Spokesman in the government of Prime Minister Brigi Rafini .
Honors
- Knight of the Legion of Honor (2010)
- Grand Officer of the Nigerien National Order (2011)
Web links
- Biography on the website of the Nigerien Ministry of Justice (French).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c biography . Nigerien Ministry of Justice website, accessed September 24, 2012.
- ↑ General Tandja needs some more time . FAZ website , published on August 4, 2009, accessed on September 24, 2012.
- ↑ Niger: Detention of human rights defender Mr Marou Amadou . Front Line Defenders Web site, published August 17, 2009, accessed September 24, 2012.
- ^ Niger - UPDATE - Human rights defender, Mr Marou Amadou, released on bail . Front Line Defenders Web site, published September 16, 2009, accessed September 24, 2012.
- ↑ Historique ( Memento from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Assemblée Nationale website, published October 17, 2011, accessed September 24, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amadou, Marou |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerien lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kotaki, Falmey Township |