Mamane Souley

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Mamane Souley (born January 30, 1965 in Niamey ; also Maman Souley ) is a Nigerien officer .

Life

Mamane Souley went to primary schools in Hamdallaye , Gaya , Birni N'Gaouré and Boubon . He completed his secondary school education, which he completed with a baccalauréat , at the military school in Bingerville in the Ivory Coast . Souley joined the Niger Army in 1984 . He attended the Military Academy in Antsirabe in Madagascar from 1984 to 1987 and the Infantry School in Montpellier in France from 1988 to 1989 . He was then appointed lieutenant .

Souley took part in the Gulf War from 1990 to 1991 as part of the Nigerien unit . From 1993 he worked, soon with the rank of captain , as a trainer at the training center of the armed forces in Tondibiah , whose command he took over in March 1995. In December 1995 he was instead commander of the armed forces training center in Agadez . In 1997 he joined the 134th Motorized Sahara Company in Tahoua as a commander and was promoted to major the following year . From March 1, 1999, he worked as an officer in the 13th cross-armed battalion.

Niger's President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara was killed in a military coup on April 9, 1999 . Mamane Souley was appointed to the 14-member Council of National Reconciliation , which was formed on April 11, 1999 and ruled the country as a military junta until the transfer of power to a democratically elected civilian government in December 1999. From May 15, 1999, Souley headed the armed forces' supply group as corps chief.

In May 2003, under President Mamadou Tandja , he became corps chief at the Tondibiah training center. President Tandja, who wanted to stay in power longer than the two planned terms in office, was ousted in a military coup on February 18, 2010. Mamane Souley, who had meanwhile reached the rank of lieutenant colonel , became a member of the new military junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy . In order to promote the junta, he went on trips abroad, to see President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia and to President Laurent Gbagbo in the Ivory Coast .

In January 2011, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy handed power over to the new Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou . Souley became Director of Foreign Relations and Military Cooperation for the Department of Defense in 2012.

Individual evidence

  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. 398-399 .
  2. ↑ A la Présidence du Conseil Suprême pour la Restauration de la Démocratie: the Chef de l'Etat signe un décret fixant the composition du Conseil Suprême pour la Restauration de la Démocratie. In: Niger Diaspora. October 12, 2010, accessed on July 23, 2017 (French).
  3. ↑ Diplomatie de paix / Côte d'Ivoire / Niger: Le CSPR dépêche une mission auprès du Président Laurent Gbagbo. Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Côte d'Ivoire, April 1, 2010, accessed on July 23, 2017 (French).
  4. ↑ Au Conseil des ministres: Le Gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de lois et de mesures individuales. In: Le Sahel . August 2, 2012, accessed July 23, 2017 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Souley, mamane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Souley, Maman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien officer
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Niamey