Bouli Ali Diallo

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Bouli Ali Diallo (* 1948 in Niger ) is a Nigerien biologist and politician .

Life

Bouli Ali Diallo attended a course for teachers in Tillabéri , followed by studies in chemistry and biology at the University of Dakar and at the University of Montpellier II . She received her PhD in applied microbiology in 1978 .

Ali Diallo taught biology at Niamey University from 1978 and completed his habilitation in applied entomology in 1991 . In addition to her teaching activities, she worked as director for external relations at Niamey University from 1987 to 1993 and as its vice- rector from 1993 to 1995 .

In 1995, President Mahamane Ousmane appointed Bouli Ali Diallo as Minister of Education and government spokeswoman in the government of Prime Minister Hama Amadou , of which she was a member until 1996. Besides Aïchatou Mindaoudou she was the only female member of the government. She campaigned for better access to higher education for women in Niger.

From 1999 to 2005 Ali Diallo was the first woman in this position to be the rector of Niamey University. Her predecessor and successor was Alhassane Yénikoye . During the student riots in early 2001, it enabled Prime Minister Hama Amadou to station gendarmerie units on the university campus, something that had not been done before in view of academic freedom .

Ali Diallo worked from 1999 to 2005, parallel to her post as rector, as chair of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE). She was also a member of the board of directors of the French Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) and the international educational organization Aide et Action . From 2002 to 2004 she was Vice President of the African Virtual University .

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 48-49 .
  2. ^ Governments of the President Mahamane Ousmane. Présidence de la République du Niger, archived from the original on October 21, 2007 ; accessed on January 1, 2018 (French).
  3. ^ Alison Behnke: Niger in Pictures . Twenty-First Century Books, Minneapolis 2008, ISBN 0-8225-7147-1 , pp. 70-71 .
  4. ↑ Guide de l'étudiant 2012–2013. Université Abdou Moumouni, p. 18 , accessed on January 1, 2018 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Ali Diallo, Bouli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien biologist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Niger