Hama Amadou

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Hama Amadou

Hama Amadou (* 1950 in Youri , Kollo ) is a Nigerien politician . He was Prime Minister of his country from 1995 to 1996 and from 2000 to 2007.

Life

Hama Amadou belongs to the Fulbe ethnic group . From 1984 to 1985 he was Director General of the state broadcaster ORTN . On February 21, 1995, he became Prime Minister under Mahamane Ousmane , who has ruled since 1993 . The president was forced to make this appointment after his party won just 24 of the 83 seats in the general election on January 12, while Amadou's National Movement for Development Society (MNSD-Nassara) had 29 MPs. He was general secretary of the MNSD-Nassara. The cooperation between the previous opposition leader Amadou and President Ousmane was rather poor and led to political decisions being blocked. The military coup of Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara put both office on January 27, 1996 end. Both were temporarily detained. In January 1998 he was briefly arrested again for allegedly building a militia and planning an assassination attempt on President Maïnassara. He was released after a few days.

A coup led by Daouda Malam Wanké cost Maïnassara office and life on April 9, 1999. Amadou relied on cooperation with the new military government. When, after the country's return to democracy, his party friend Tandja Mamadou became president on December 22, 1999, Amadou was appointed head of a coalition government. Since January 3, 2000 he was back in office. In the parliamentary elections on November 24, 1999, the MNSD-Nassara was by far the strongest party and won 38 of the 83 seats. Immediately after he was sworn in, Amadou explained to the parliamentarians that the state could not initially cover their payment in view of the empty coffers. His party elected him on January 2, 2002 to succeed Tandja Mamadou as their president. At the end of 2004 the president was re-elected and the MNSD-Nassara was again the strongest party in the parliamentary elections on December 4, 2004 with 47 out of 113 seats. On December 24, 2004, Amadou was once again appointed by the President to form a government. Amadou submitted his resignation on June 1, 2007 after a corruption scandal resulted in a vote of no confidence in his government.

On June 23, 2008, Hama Amadou was charged with corruption in the Supreme Court and on June 26 was transferred to the Koutoukalé maximum security prison in Karma . He spent some time in prison until he was released on April 23, 2009 on health grounds and went to France . Amadou denied all corruption allegations and claimed to be the victim of a political plot. He returned to Niger in July 2009 to attend the funeral of Adamou Moumouni Djermakoye , and on that occasion founded his own party, the Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation (MODEN-FA Lumana Africa). Amadou stood for election in Niger's 2011 presidential election, which Mahamadou Issoufou won. On April 19, 2011, Hama Amadou became President of the National Assembly, succeeding Marou Amadou . Initially an ally of President Issoufou, Amadou became his most important political adversary in the summer of 2013.

In the summer of 2014, Hama Amadou's wife was alleged to be involved in a child trafficking affair. Hama Amadou was accused of complicity and fled to France on August 27, 2014 . An arrest warrant was issued against him at the end of September 2014. On November 20, 2014, the Constitutional Court declared his post as President of Parliament to be vacant. When he returned to Niger on November 14, 2015, he was arrested and detained in Filingué civil prison .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Les partis politiques nigériens, leurs leaders respectifs et les pratiques politiques inavouables ( Memento of February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Website africatime.com, published March 1, 2004, accessed October 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ Mr. Hama Amadou. (No longer available online.) ORTN, May 19, 2011, archived from the original on September 28, 2013 ; Retrieved September 25, 2013 (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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ortn.ne
  3. ↑ Stéphane Bolle: A quoi sert la Haute Cour de Justice du Niger? . La Constitution en Afrique website, published July 24, 2008, accessed October 2, 2012.
  4. ↑ Niger's former prime minister denies allegations of corruption. In: Google News. AFP, July 31, 2009; archived from the original on January 29, 2014 ; accessed on December 24, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 27 .
  6. ↑ Historique ( Memento from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Assemblée Nationale website, published October 17, 2011, accessed October 2, 2012.
  7. ↑ Niger: le poste de président de l'Assemblée nationale déclaré vacant. RFI, November 21, 2014, accessed December 17, 2014 (French).
  8. ↑ Niger Hama Amadou écroué à Filingué. BBC, November 15, 2015, accessed February 14, 2016 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Amadou, Hama
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien politician, Prime Minister Niger
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Youri , Kollo