Djibrilla Hima Hamidou

Djibrilla Hima Hamidou (born March 7, 1965 in Niamey ) is a Nigerien officer .

Life

Djibrilla Hima Hamidou belongs to the Zarma ethnic group . After several elementary schools in Niamey, he attended the military school of Bingerville in the Ivory Coast from 1977 to 1989 . He joined the Nigerien armed forces in 1986 . He completed further military training in Morocco and later in France .

Hamidou was deployed in the 6th motorized Sahara company in Dirkou from 1989 . As a second lieutenant , he was part of the Nigerien unit in the Gulf War from November 1990 to April 1991 . He was then promoted to lieutenant . He then served in the 224th Motorized Sahara Company in Agadez . He was involved in fighting against Tuareg rebels in northern Niger and became very popular with the Nigerien troops. From 1995 in the rank of captain , he was from 1996 commander of the 123rd Panzer Squadron.

Djibrilla Hima Hamidou gained greater fame as president of the ASFAN Niamey football club and the Niamey City Football League. His commitment earned him the nickname " Pelé ". When Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposed President Mahamane Ousmane and Prime Minister Hama Amadou in a military coup in 1996, thus breaking a crippling political blockade, Hamidou initially sided with Baré Maïnassara. The latter, however, was not ready to give up power again and was ousted in 1999 by another military coup led by Daouda Malam Wanké . Djibrilla Hima Hamidou was a member and spokesman for the Council of National Reconciliation , the 14-member military junta under Daouda Malam Wanké. He was promoted to major . The junta initiated a return to democratic conditions and in 1999 handed over power to the newly elected President Mamadou Tandja .

Hamidou was abducted and tortured in 2000. The suspected military personnel were then arrested and tortured by the state authorities. The affair was known as the "Pelé case".

Under President Mamadou Tandja Hamidou became the commander of the strategically important defense zone No. 1, which included the capital Niamey and the regions of Dosso and Tillabéri . Tandja also supported Hamidou's election as President of the Fédération Nigérienne de Football , the national football association, on July 25, 2009 . The association had a number of sporting failures and scandals behind it. When President Tandja sought an unconstitutional third term in office, Hamidou turned against him, contrary to expectations. Hamidou played a crucial role in the 2010 military coup led by Salou Djibo by occupying the strategically important points in the capital. He became a member of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy , the military junta founded as a result of the coup, which handed over power to the democratically elected institutions under President Mahamadou Issoufou in early 2011 .

In 2013 Hamidou was re-elected as President of the Fédération Nigérienne de Football for a four-year term.

Honors

Officer of the Nigerien Order of Merit

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Les trois hommes forts de la junte. In: Jeune Afrique . February 25, 2010, accessed June 18, 2017 (French).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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. 394-395 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 256 .
↑ 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. 385 .
^ Louise Krabbe Boserup, Mariama Mohammed Cissé : Accessibility - A Precondition for Reparation? The Case of the Nigeria Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms . In: Georg Ulrich, Louise Krabbe Boserup (Ed.): Human Rights in Development. Yearbook 2001. Reparations: Redressing Past Wrongs . Kluwer Law International, The Hague / London / New York 2003, ISBN 90-411-2030-0 , pp. 146 .
↑ Football: Djibrilla Hima Hamidou dit "Pelé" reconduit à la tête de la FENIFOOT. In: aNiamey.com. July 22, 2013, accessed June 18, 2017 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Hamidou, Djibrilla Hima
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nigerien officer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 7, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Niamey

[Jeune-1] Les trois hommes forts de la junte. In: Jeune Afrique . February 25, 2010, accessed June 18, 2017 (French).

[Maman_394_395-2] 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. 394-395 .

[Idrissa_256-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 256 .

[4] 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. 385 .

[5] Louise Krabbe Boserup, Mariama Mohammed Cissé : Accessibility - A Precondition for Reparation? The Case of the Nigeria Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms . In: Georg Ulrich, Louise Krabbe Boserup (Ed.): Human Rights in Development. Yearbook 2001. Reparations: Redressing Past Wrongs . Kluwer Law International, The Hague / London / New York 2003, ISBN 90-411-2030-0 , pp. 146 .

[6] Football: Djibrilla Hima Hamidou dit "Pelé" reconduit à la tête de la FENIFOOT. In: aNiamey.com. July 22, 2013, accessed June 18, 2017 (French).