Idrissa Arouna

Idrissa Arouna (born November 9, 1926 in Niamey ; also Idrissa Harouna ) is a Nigerien officer , politician and diplomat .

Life

Idrissa Arouna volunteered in the French armed forces in 1946 , where he was initially employed as a tirailleur sénégalais . Promoted to corporal in 1948 , he was promoted to staff sergeant until 1960 . In the 1950s he was director of the football and basketball sections of the Amicale de Niamey . Arouna joined the Nigerien Armed Forces when they were founded in 1961 with the rank of sub-lieutenant . There he served from 1970 as the commander of the 2nd motorized Sahara company and from 1973 as the commander of the Zinder- East zone . In 1973 he reached the rank of major .

Arouna was among the officers who the Nigerien President on April 15, 1974 Hamani Diori collapsed and subsequently as Chief of the Armed Forces , the military junta formed in the country. Arouna held various ministerial offices for these during the first four years. From April 22, 1977 he was Minister of Public Service and Labor, from November 30, 1974 Minister of the Interior , Public Service and Labor, from June 3, 1975 Minister of Education, from February 21, 1976 Minister of Education and Defense and finally from 12 December 1977 to September 5, 1978 again Minister of Education. Then he switched to the diplomatic service. Idrissa Arouna was Niger's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from September 28, 1978 to August 5, 1982 and Niger's Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from August 5, 1982 to October 26, 1987 . With the rank of lieutenant colonel since 1984 , he retired in 1987. In 1996 he was a member of the Council of Wise Men, an advisory body set up after the military coup under the leadership of Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara .

Honors

Grand Cross of the Nigerien National Order (1987)

Knight's Cross of the Mauritanian Order of Merit (1969)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 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. 340-342 .
↑ Jean-Dominique Pénel: Littérature du Niger. Rencontre . Vol. 2: Barkiré Alidou, Marcel Inné, Hima Adamou, Djibo Mayaki, Alhassane Danté, Soli Abdourhamane, Amadou Ousmane, Albert Issa, Boubé Zoumé, Idé Adamou. L'Harmattan, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-296-12859-0 , pp. 15 .
↑ 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. 343 .

personal data
SURNAME	Arouna, Idrissa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Harouna, Idrissa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nigerien officer, politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	November 9, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Niamey

[Maman_340_342-1] 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. 340-342 .

[2] Jean-Dominique Pénel: Littérature du Niger. Rencontre . Vol. 2: Barkiré Alidou, Marcel Inné, Hima Adamou, Djibo Mayaki, Alhassane Danté, Soli Abdourhamane, Amadou Ousmane, Albert Issa, Boubé Zoumé, Idé Adamou. L'Harmattan, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-296-12859-0 , pp. 15 .

[3] 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. 343 .