Mohamed Ben Omar

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Mohamed Ben Omar (born January 1, 1965 in Tesker , † May 3, 2020 in Niamey ) was a Nigerien politician .

Life

Mohamed Ben Omar belonged to the Arab minority in Niger. He was a trained historian and worked as a teacher. He was involved in the Union des Scolaires Nigériens (USN) and as a functionary of the teachers' union Syndicat des Enseignants du Niger (SNEN), which was one of the driving forces behind the democratization of the country in the early 1990s. He joined the newly formed Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya). When the officer Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara came to power in a military coup in 1996 , Ben Omar was initially one of his critics, but then joined the camp of the new head of state and his party, Alliance for Democracy and Progress (RDP-Jama'a). Baré Maïnassara, for his part, died in a military coup in 1999, as a result of which democratic order was restored.

The RDP-Jama'a entered into a coalition with the National Movement of the Development Society (MNSD-Nassara) of the new President Mamadou Tandja . Mohamed Ben Omar held various ministerial offices in its governments. He served from December 2004 to March 2007 under Prime Minister Hama Amadou as Minister for Relations with the Institutions and Government Spokesman and from June 2007 under Prime Minister Seini Oumarou as Communications Minister and Government Spokesman . When Mamadou Tandja sought a third term as president through a constitutional amendment in 2009, Mohamed Ben Omar was one of the staunch supporters. During this beginning third term, Ben Omar also held the post of Vice President of the National Assembly . Tandja was overthrown in February 2010. Ben Omar was no longer represented in the next government.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly for the RDP-Jama'a 2011. His party formed a coalition with the PNDS-Tarayya, which, together with Mahamadou Issoufou, was the president. Mohamed Ben Omar tried to succeed the long-time party chairman Hamid Algabid in the RDP-Jama'a , but failed. In 2015 he founded a new political movement under his leadership, the Social Democratic Party (PSD-Bassira). This won two seats in the National Assembly in the 2016 parliamentary elections . In April 2016, President Mahamadou Issoufou appointed Ben Omar to the government under Prime Minister Brigi Rafini as Minister for Universities, Research and Innovation . Student riots broke out in April 2017, in which a student died after being subjected to police violence. As a result, Mohamed Ben Omar had to give up his position as university minister. Through a change of department with Yahouza Sadissou , he was now Minister for Employment, Labor and Social Security.

Mohamed Ben Omar died in a hospital three years later at the age of 55 of complications from COVID-19 . He was buried in the Muslim cemetery at Yantala .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CGTN Africa: Niger labor minister dies from coronavirus. In: africa.cgtn.com. May 5, 2015, accessed May 7, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Rahmane Idrissa: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 5th edition. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham / Boulder / New York / London 2020, ISBN 978-1-5381-2014-9 , pp. 63 and 452 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Mahamadou Diallo: Décès De M. Mohamed Ben Omar, Ministre De L'Emploi, Du Travail Et De La Protection Sociale: Le Président De La République Issoufou Mahamadou Rend Un Hommage Au Disparu. In: Le Sahel. May 5, 2020, accessed May 5, 2020 (French).
  4. ↑ Dankoulodo Ousmane Abdou: Ben Omar aux commandes de l'Enseignement Supérieur. In: Niger Inter. April 15, 2016, accessed May 5, 2020 (French).
  5. ↑ Boussada Ben Ali: Hommage à Mohamed Ben Omar ... In: Tamtaminfo. May 5, 2020, accessed May 5, 2020 (French).
  6. ↑ a b c List of the gouvernements successifs de la République du Niger de 1957 à 2016. (PDF) Service de la documentation générale du secrétariat général de la Présidence de la République, archived from the original on November 14, 2018 ; accessed on April 1, 2020 (French).
  7. ↑ Le ministre nigérien du travail, Mohamed Ben Omar, est décédé. In: VOA Afrique. May 3, 2020, accessed May 5, 2020 (French).
  8. ↑ AY Barma: PSD BASSIRA: Le prochain parti de BEN OMAR. In: aNiamey.com. April 20, 2015, accessed May 5, 2020 (French).
  9. ^ Niger: Assemblée nationale (National Assembly). Last elections. Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2016, accessed May 5, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Réaménagement technique du gouvernement au Niger: Mohamed Ben Omar quitte le ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur. Agence Nigérienne de Presse, April 18, 2017, accessed May 5, 2020 (French).
  11. ↑ Niger: le ministre du Travail est mort du coronavirus. In: Le Figaro. May 4, 2020, accessed May 5, 2020 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Ben Omar, Mohamed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Tesker
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 2020
Place of death Niamey