Mamadou Ousseini

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Mamadou Ousseini (born January 1, 1953 in Gouré ) is a Nigerien general . He was Niger's Minister of Defense from 2010 to 2011 .

Life

Mamadou Ousseini attended the Army General Technical Preparatory School in the Ivorian city ​​of Bingerville , where he passed the school leaving examination. He joined the Nigerien Armed Forces in 1974 . There he began his career as an officer in 1977. Ousseini completed numerous military training courses , especially in France . For the Nigerien Armed Forces he worked as commander of the presidential guard, general secretary in the defense ministry, military attaché at the embassy in Abuja , deputy chief of staff of the armed forces and chief of staff of the ground forces. He also worked in the civil administration as prefect of Dosso and Diffa . In 2006 he reached the rank of brigadier general .

After the military coup on February 18, 2010, in which President Mamadou Tandja was ousted , the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy formed a transitional government on March 1, 2010, to which Mamadou Ousseini served as defense minister. In the government formed after the parliamentary elections on January 31, 2011 , Mahamadou Karidio succeeded him as Defense Minister. The following year, Ousseini was promoted to division general. On February 12, 2014, the Council of Ministers appointed him Nigeria's ambassador to Morocco . In 2015, Ousseini was retired from the armed forces.

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tchirgni Maïmouna: Bio-express du Général de Brigade Mamadou Ousseini, ministre de la Défense Nationale. A potential d'expériences in le commandement militaire . In: Le Sahel . No. 7894 , March 18, 2010, p. 3 ( nigerdiaspora.info [PDF]). PDF file ( Memento of the original dated September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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.nigerdiaspora.info
  2. ^ Niger transitional government named. Coup leaders name five soldiers to 20-member provisional cabinet. Al Jazeera, March 1, 2010, accessed September 25, 2013 .
  3. ↑ L'ancien Gouvernement. (No longer available online.) Présidence de la République du Niger, archived from the original on September 29, 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.presidence.ne
  4. ↑ Promotions au sein des Forces de defense et de sécurité: neuf (9) nouveaux Généraux dans l'Armée et la Gendarmerie. In: Tamtam Info. January 26, 2012, accessed July 2, 2017 (French).
  5. ↑ Au Conseil des ministres du 12 février 2014: Le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de textes et des mesures nominatives. (No longer available online.) In: Portail Officiel du Gouvernement du Niger. February 13, 2014, archived from the original on March 24, 2014 ; accessed on March 24, 2014 (French).
  6. ↑ Les noms des huit généraux nigériens mis à la retraite. In: Mondafrique. February 19, 2016, accessed June 8, 2018 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Ousseini, Mamadou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien general and defense minister
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Gouré