Dandi Abarchi

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Dandi Abarchi (* 1942 in Matankari ) is a Nigerien officer , politician and diplomat .

Life

Dandi Abarchi was drafted into the Nigerien Armed Forces in 1962 . He was promoted to corporal in early 1963 and trained for officer candidates in Montpellier , France . He then worked as a trainer in the Nigerien military camp Tondibiah . In October 1963 Abarchi took over the leadership of the combat department of the Nigerien Armed Forces on the disputed island of Lété between Niger and Dahomey . From July 1964 he served as an officer candidate in the 3rd combat company in Zinder . In 1966 he attended the military school in Bouaké in the Ivory Coast . After his return he became the commander of a unit in the desert north of Tahoua , initially with the rank of sub-lieutenant , from 1969 as a lieutenant . From 1970 he worked again as a trainer in Tondibiah. In 1972 he became deputy commander of the 3rd Combat Company in Zinder, in 1973 commander of the Kaouar's mixed unit in Dirkou and in February 1974 commander of the 5th motorized Sahara company in Tahoua.

Abarchi was one of the officers who deposed President Hamani Diori during the military coup on April 15, 1974 and who, as the Supreme Military Councilor, formed the Nigerian military junta until 1989 . His job during the coup was to arrest the top officials of Hamani Diori's regime. After the coup, Abarchi became a representative of the Supreme Military Council in the Zinder department , which he headed as prefect from 1975. He moved to the Diffa department as prefect in 1979 , to the Maradi department in 1981 and to the Dosso department in 1983 . He was also a member of the National Development Council. Militarily he last reached the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1987 .

Dandi Abarchi belonged to the inner circle around Seyni Kountché , the head of state and chairman of the Supreme Military Council. When the head of state died in 1987, his successor Ali Saibou sent several Kountché confidants abroad as high-ranking diplomats. Abarchi became Nigerien Ambassador to Senegal in 1988 and Ambassador to Benin and Togo in 1991, with residence in Cotonou . He retired in 1992, but was still politically active in the MNSD-Nassara party, affiliated with Kountché's military regime , for which he ran in the 1993 parliamentary elections and the 1995 parliamentary elections in the Dosso constituency. In 1996 he was also a member of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court.

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 334-335 .
  2. ^ Adamou Moumouni Djermakoye: 15 avril 1974. Mémoires d'un compagnon de Seyni Kountché . Editions Nathan Adamou, Niamey 2005, p. 72 .
  3. ↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 22-23 .
personal data
SURNAME Abarchi, Dandi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien officer, politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Matankari