Jeannette Schmidt Degener

Jeannette Schmidt Degener (* 1926 or 1927 ; † February 19, 2017 in Montauban ) was a Nigerien entrepreneur and politician .

Life

Jeannette Schmidt Degener was the daughter of a Targia and a French . Her maternal grandfather, Kaocen, led a revolt against the colonial power of France in the Aïr in 1916 and 1917.

Schmidt Degener worked as an import-export entrepreneur and owned several hotels and bars. In 1960 she became a member of the Nigerien Progressive Party (PPN-RDA), the former Nigerian Unity Party , and the women's organization Union des Femmes du Niger (UFN). In the early 1990s she joined the Democratic and Social Assembly party (CDS-Rahama), which from 1993 to 1996, Mahamane Ousmane, was President of Niger. After Ousmanes was overthrown by Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara , Schmidt Degener joined the Baré Maïnassaras support committee and became a member of its newly founded party, the National Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal (UNIRD).

She was elected to the National Assembly in the 1996 parliamentary elections in the Commune I constituency of the capital Niamey , to which she was a member until 1999. Schmidt Degener was the only female MP during this period. She was the first woman ever to be elected fourth vice-president of the National Assembly Office. She successfully campaigned to raise the legal minimum age for marriage for girls from 12 to 16 years.

Jeannette Schmidt Degener was married to an honorary consul of the Netherlands in Niger and had five children.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b La valeur des mots. In: La Dépêche du Midi. February 21, 1999, accessed December 28, 2017 (French).
↑ ^a ^b In memory: repose en paix, madame Schmidt! In: Tamtam Info. February 27, 2017, accessed December 28, 2017 (French).
↑ ^a ^b Catherine Kéré: Biography de madame Ki-Zerbo . In: Yénouyaba Georges Madiéga, Oumarou Nao (ed.): Burkina Faso. Cent ans d'histoire, 1895–1995 . tape 1 . Karthala, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-84586-431-0 , pp. 1071 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schmidt Degener, Jeannette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nigerien entrepreneur and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1926 or 1927
DATE OF DEATH	19th February 2017
Place of death	Montauban

[Dépêche-1] La valeur des mots. In: La Dépêche du Midi. February 21, 1999, accessed December 28, 2017 (French).

[Tamtam-2] In memory: repose en paix, madame Schmidt! In: Tamtam Info. February 27, 2017, accessed December 28, 2017 (French).

[Kéré-3] Catherine Kéré: Biography de madame Ki-Zerbo . In: Yénouyaba Georges Madiéga, Oumarou Nao (ed.): Burkina Faso. Cent ans d'histoire, 1895–1995 . tape 1 . Karthala, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-84586-431-0 , pp. 1071 .