Bibata Niandou Barry

Bibata Niandou Barry (born March 2, 1955 in Niamey ) is a Nigerien lawyer and politician .

Life

Bibata Niandou Barry is a sister of the politician Harouna Niandou and the political scientist Abdoulaye Niandou Souley . She attended the Lycée Kassaï in Niamey, studied law and graduated in 1990 in private law . In 1991 she founded the Association des Femmes Juristes du Niger , an association of women lawyers that was one of the most active organizations for women's rights during the time of democratic upheaval in Niger in the early 1990s . Niandou Barry worked as a lawyer and was the first Nigerien woman to be a police commissioner . In 2003 she was appointed Prefect President of the Niamey Community of Communes . In order to prepare the capital for the 2005 Francophonie Games , it began to crack down on street vendors without a license. In early 2004, she was removed from her post.

On June 9, 2007, President Mamadou Tandja brought Niandou Barry into the government as Minister for the Advancement of Women and Child Protection. In 2009, Tandja tried to get a third term as president, which he was not entitled to under the current constitution and which he tried to secure with a controversial constitutional referendum on August 4, 2009 . Niandou Barry was loyal to the President's plan. She also came into opposition to her brother Abdoulaye Niandou Souley. President Tandja was ousted on February 18, 2010 by a military coup led by Salou Djibo . This also ended Niandou Barry's term as Minister. She then worked again as a lawyer and as coordinator of the Salon International de l'Artisanat pour la Femme .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 338 .
2. ^ Mamane Abdoulaye: Cérémonie de remise de prix au Lycée Kassaï: Récompenser les meilleurs élèves et inciter les autres à l'excellence. In: Le Sahel . 2014, accessed April 16, 2016 (French). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Sani Salissou Rakia: Etre la première femme commissaire de police du Niger. (No longer available online.) In: La Nigérienne. Le Magazine de la Femme Nigérienne. April 29, 2013, archived from the original on May 9, 2013 ; Retrieved January 5, 2014 (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.  
4. ↑ Ex-minister accused of killing. In: news24. February 17, 2004, accessed January 5, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Les gouvernements du Niger. (No longer available online.) In: IZF.net. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013 ; Retrieved January 5, 2014 (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.