Nigerien Patriotic Movement

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Nigerien Patriotic Movement
MPN-Kiishin Kassa
Party leader Ibrahim Yacouba
Party leader Ibrahim Yacouba
founding November 8, 2015
Place of foundation Niamey , Niger
Headquarters Niger
Parliament seats 5 of 171
Website mpnkiishinkassa.org

The Nigerien Patriotic Movement ( French : Mouvement Patriotique Nigérien , abbreviation: MPN-Kiishin Kassa ) is a political party in Niger .

history

The Nigerien Patriotic Movement was founded by Ibrahim Yacouba , who was expelled from the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya) in August 2015 . The founding meeting of the party took place on November 8, 2015 in Niamey .

In the 2016 general election , the Nigerien Patriotic Movement won five out of 171 seats in the National Assembly . Ibrahim Yacouba ran for the party in the 2016 presidential election, finishing fifth out of fifteen candidates with 4.52% of the vote.

In the government formed after the elections of President Mahamadou Issoufou (PNDS-Tarayya), the Nigerien Patriotic Movement belonged to the ruling coalition. She provided the Foreign Minister with Ibrahim Yacouba and the Communication Minister with Sani Koubra . The party left the coalition in April 2018. Sani Koubra resigned from the MPN-Kiishin Kassa and became a party member of the PNDS-Tarayya in June 2018. MPN Kiishin Kassa MP Aïchatou Maïnassara announced in April 2019 that she wanted to support President Issoufou, contrary to the new party line.

Web links

Commons : Nigerien Patriotic Movement  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Déclaration du CEN du PNDS - Tarayya: exclusion de Ibrahim Yacouba du PNDS. In: Tamtam Info. August 26, 2015, accessed February 13, 2016 (French).
  2. ↑ Lancement du parti MPN Kiishin Kassa de Ibrahim Yacouba. In: aNiamey.com. November 17, 2015, accessed March 13, 2016 (French).
  3. ^ Niger: Assemblée nationale (National Assembly). Last elections. Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2016, accessed March 13, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Results globaux provisoires. Commission Électorale Nationale Indépendante, February 2016, archived from the original on February 23, 2016 ; accessed on March 13, 2016 (French).
  5. ↑ Le ministre des Affaires Etrangère du Niger par ailleurs président du parti MPN KIISHIN KASSA, M. Ibrahim Yacouba vient de rendre sa lettre de démission au Premier Ministre. In: Niger Diaspora. April 11, 2018, accessed April 12, 2018 (French).
  6. ↑ PNDS: L'ancienne ministre de la communication Sani Koubra Abdoulaye formalize son adhésion au parti rose. In: Niger Diaspora. June 19, 2018, accessed June 20, 2018 (French).
  7. ^ Almoustapha Boubacar: Politique: Le MPN se consume à petit feu. In: Niger Inter. April 16, 2019, accessed April 7, 2020 (French).