Ahmed Mohamed (officer)

Ahmed Mohamed (* 1955 in Tchirozérine ; also Hamed Mohamed ) is a Nigerien officer and politician .

Life

Ahmed Mohamed attended elementary and middle school and joined the Niger Army in 1979 . After training at a military academy in Montpellier , France , he reached the rank of lieutenant in 1985 . From 1989 he worked in a leading position in the administration of the armed forces. In 1990 he became a captain and in 1995 a major .

Under Head of State Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara , Ahmed Mohamed was first assigned to the Personnel and Training Department of the Directorate for Administrative and Financial Affairs in the Ministry of Defense in 1996 and soon after rose to the command of Defense Zone No. 2. An incident occurred in 1997 when he was detained by mutinous soldiers and Defense Minister Ousmane Issoufou Oubandawaki had to negotiate his release. Mohamed was then used in the civil administration. From 1997 to 1998 he was prefect of the Dosso department and from 1998 prefect of the Tillabéri department .

President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, accused of having an authoritarian style and insufficient democratic legitimacy, was killed in a military coup on April 9, 1999 . Ahmed Mohamed became one of 14 officers in the military junta formed on April 11, 1999 , the Council of National Reconciliation . The junta saw it as its task to ensure the return to democratic and civil government. Mohamed was deputy coordinator of the technical committee that drafted a new constitution , a new electoral law and regulations for the parties of Niger . He also worked as director of the state vehicle fleet . In December 1999, the Council of National Reconciliation handed over power to the government of the newly elected President Mamadou Tandja . Mohamed was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 2000 and continued his military career.

When Mamadou Tandja tried to obtain a third term as president that was not originally provided for in the constitution, another military coup broke out on February 18, 2010. Ahmed Mohamed, who had meanwhile become a colonel , was again a member of a temporarily ruling military junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy . In addition, on March 1, 2010, he became Minister of Transport, Tourism and Crafts in the interim government under Prime Minister Mahamadou Danda . The Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy was replaced in January 2011 by the government of the new civilian President Mahamadou Issoufou .

Ahmed Mohamed first became Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces under President Issoufou in 2011. In 2012 he was promoted to Brigadier General and in 2018 appointed Chief of General Staff to succeed Seyni Garba . After loss-making terrorist attacks on the military camps in Inatès and Siné Godar , Ahmed Mohamed was replaced in this position by Salifou Mody in early 2020 .

Honors

Commander of the Nigerien Order of Merit
Officer of the Nigerien National Order

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Chaïbou Maman: Répertoire biographique des personnalités de la classe politique et des leaders d'opinion du Niger de 1945 à nos jours . Volume II. Démocratie 2000, Niamey 2003, p. 392-393 .
↑ A la Présidence du Conseil Suprême pour la Restauration de la Démocratie: the Chef de l'Etat signe un décret fixant the composition du Conseil Suprême pour la Restauration de la Démocratie. In: Niger Diaspora. October 12, 2010, accessed July 20, 2017 (French).
^ Stéphanie Plasse: Niger's new government changes course. In: Afrik News. March 3, 2010, accessed July 20, 2017 .
^ Conseil des Ministres du Vendredi 03-06-2011. (No longer available online.) ORTN , June 4, 2011, archived from the original on January 11, 2018 ; Retrieved July 20, 2017 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Promotions au sein des Forces de defense et de sécurité: neuf (9) nouveaux Généraux dans l'Armée et la Gendarmerie. In: Tamtam Info. January 26, 2012, accessed July 20, 2017 (French).
^ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 05 janvier. In: Niger Diaspora. January 7, 2018, accessed January 10, 2018 (French).
↑ Niger: Le Général de Division Salifou Modi prend la tête de l'état-Major général des armées. Agence Nigérienne de Presse (ANP), January 13, 2020, accessed on January 11, 2020 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Mohamed, Ahmed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mohamed, Hamed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nigerien officer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tchirozérine

[Maman_392_393-1] Chaïbou Maman: Répertoire biographique des personnalités de la classe politique et des leaders d'opinion du Niger de 1945 à nos jours . Volume II. Démocratie 2000, Niamey 2003, p. 392-393 .

[2] A la Présidence du Conseil Suprême pour la Restauration de la Démocratie: the Chef de l'Etat signe un décret fixant the composition du Conseil Suprême pour la Restauration de la Démocratie. In: Niger Diaspora. October 12, 2010, accessed July 20, 2017 (French).

[3] Stéphanie Plasse: Niger's new government changes course. In: Afrik News. March 3, 2010, accessed July 20, 2017 .

[4] Conseil des Ministres du Vendredi 03-06-2011. (No longer available online.) ORTN , June 4, 2011, archived from the original on January 11, 2018 ; Retrieved July 20, 2017 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[5] Promotions au sein des Forces de defense et de sécurité: neuf (9) nouveaux Généraux dans l'Armée et la Gendarmerie. In: Tamtam Info. January 26, 2012, accessed July 20, 2017 (French).

[6] Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 05 janvier. In: Niger Diaspora. January 7, 2018, accessed January 10, 2018 (French).

[7] Niger: Le Général de Division Salifou Modi prend la tête de l'état-Major général des armées. Agence Nigérienne de Presse (ANP), January 13, 2020, accessed on January 11, 2020 (French).