Moussa Bayéré

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Moussa Bayéré (born February 7, 1939 in Filingué ; † April 21, 1976 ) was a Nigerien officer and politician . He was executed for an attempted assassination of the head of state Seyni Kountché .

Life

After primary school, Moussa Bayéré attended the Lycée Classique et Moderne in Niamey from 1952 to 1958 and the Lycée Van Vollenhoven in Dakar in 1959 . He first studied law for a year at the University of Dakar . In 1961 he became a member of the Nigerien Armed Forces and attended the French military school of Saint-Cyr as an officer candidate until 1963 , followed by training as a pioneer in France. Bayéré became deputy commander of the 3rd Combat Company of the Nigerien Armed Forces in 1964. He completed advanced training at the Pioneer University in Versailles , the Bundeswehr language school in Euskirchen and the Pioneers Army School in Munich . He reached the rank of captain in 1970 and was promoted to director of the armed forces material and housing department. In 1973 he became head of the 4th Executive Staff Office.

Moussa Bayéré was one of the officers who deposed President Hamani Diori in a military coup on April 15, 1974 and took over political leadership as the Supreme Military Council . The chairman of the Supreme Military Council and the new head of state was Seyni Kountché. In his government, Bayéré became Minister for Public Works, Transport and Urban Planning on April 22, 1974. On December 1, 1974, he became Minister for Economy and Climate instead, and finally Minister for Rural Economy and Climate on June 3, 1975. He was released from the government on February 21, 1976. Moussa Bayéré led a group that carried out a failed assassination attempt on Seyni Kountché on March 15, 1976. Bayéré's personal motive was his hatred of Kountché, whom he described as the incarnation of the devil. When he was arrested, he had three kilograms of amulets and good luck charms on his body that were supposed to help him in the assassination attempt. A military tribunal sentenced Bayéré and six co-defendants to death on April 3, 1976 . They were executed on April 21, 1976.

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 330-332 .
  2. ^ Gouvernements du President Seyni Kountché. Presidential Office of the Republic of Niger, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; Retrieved November 6, 2013 (French).
  3. ↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 95-96 .
personal data
SURNAME Bayéré, Moussa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien officer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Filingué
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1976