Boubacar Diallo (politician)

Boubacar Diallo Ali (* 6. February 1906 in Niamey ; † 11. May 1965 ibid; also Boubakar Diallo ) was a Nigerien politician .

Life

Boubacar Diallo was the traditional ruler of Lamordé near Niamey and general secretary of the Association des Chefs Coutumiers du Niger , the association of traditional rulers of Niger, who were subject to France until the country became independent in 1960 . Diallo was elected in the elections to the Territorial Assembly of 1952 for the French administration closely related party Union of Independent Nigerians and Sympathizers (UNIS) as a member of the parliament of Niger. He was a member of this until 1957. At the same time, he acted as Niger's representative in the Grand Council of French West Africa in Dakar . The constitutional referendum of 1958 came out in favor of Niger staying with France. In the run-up to this, Boubacar Diallo, along with Samna Maïzoumbou and Mouddour Zakara, was one of the traditional rulers who had championed France the most.

After the downfall of UNIS, Diallo was re-elected to parliament in the elections to the Territorial Assembly of 1958 for the Nigerian Progressive Party (PPN-RDA), which is now also pro-French . In the government formed by his new party friend Hamani Diori after the elections, he served as health minister from 1958 to 1960. In the PPN-RDA, the youth of the party and the western educated civil servants increasingly marginalized the traditional rulers. Diallo therefore rejected the expansion of the party in his dominion Lamordé, which led to tension in the cabinet.

Niger became independent in 1960 under the leadership of the current President Hamani Diori through a treaty with France. The PPN-RDA now ruled the country as a unified party . Boubacar Diallo remained a member of the government, initially as Minister of Justice and from 1963 as Minister of Labor and Public Service. In addition, he became president of the special court for state security established in April 1964, which acted from June 1964 with the expanded powers of a military court . The court was supposed to deal with planned attacks and coup attempts and was directed in particular against the banned Sawaba party . The distrust of the government under Hamani Diori soon went beyond the Sawaba and also extended to ministers of his own party.

Along with Ikhia Zodi, Boubacar Diallo was one of the first victims of the tense political climate. In September 1964 he was dismissed from office on charges of withholding information about a previous attack plan. Initially placed under house arrest, he was sent to prison in December 1964. Half a year later he died of a fever.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 153 and 178 .
↑ Claude Fluchard: Le PPN-RDA et la décolonisation du Niger, 1946-1960 . L'Harmattan, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-7384-3100-3 , pp. 256 .
^ ^A ^b ^c Klaas van Walraven: The Yearning for Relief. A History of the Sawaba Movement in Niger . Brill, Leiden 2013, ISBN 978-90-04-24574-7 , pp. 303 and 778 .

personal data
SURNAME	Diallo, Boubacar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Diallo, Boubacar Ali (full name); Diallo, Boubakar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nigerien politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 6, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Niamey
DATE OF DEATH	May 11, 1965
Place of death	Niamey

[Idrissa_153_178-1] Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 153 and 178 .

[2] Claude Fluchard: Le PPN-RDA et la décolonisation du Niger, 1946-1960 . L'Harmattan, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-7384-3100-3 , pp. 256 .

[Walraven_303_778-3] A ^b ^c Klaas van Walraven: The Yearning for Relief. A History of the Sawaba Movement in Niger . Brill, Leiden 2013, ISBN 978-90-04-24574-7 , pp. 303 and 778 .