Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism

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Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism
PNDS-Tarayya
Party leader Mohamed Bazoum
Party leader Mohamed Bazoum
Secretary General Hassoumi Massoudou
Deputy Chairman Foumakoye Gado
founding 23/24 Dec 1990
Place of foundation Niamey
Headquarters 613 avenue de l'OUA
BP 10894 Niamey
Youth organization OJT
newspaper Niyya
Alignment Social democracy
Colours) pink
Parliament seats 75 of 171
Website pnds-tarayya.net

The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism ( French : Parti nigérien pour la démocratie et le socialisme-Tarayya , abbreviation: PNDS-Tarayya ) is a political party in Niger . Since 2011, it has provided the country's president with Mahamadou Issoufou and the country’s prime minister with Brigi Rafini .

Alignment

Seat of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism in the district Poudrière in Niamey (2018)

The PNDS-Tarayya, which it sees as a social democratic party, is considered a party of intellectuals that, unlike other political groups in Niger, is not ethnically oriented. The party's motto is Solidarité, Démocratie, Travail (“Solidarity, Democracy, Work”). In the party's logo, a jagged wheel symbolizes progress, a handshake symbolizes unity and solidarity, and ears of millet, corn on the cob and a bull's head promote rural areas. The nickname Tarayya is a Hausa word and means "union". The party newspaper is called Niyya .

The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism is a member of the Socialist International and partner organization of the Jean-Jaurès Foundation .

history

The founding assembly of the party took place on December 23 and 24, 1990 in Niamey . Mahamadou Issoufou has been appointed Secretary General of the Provisional Executive Committee. He chaired the PNDS Tarayya for over two decades. The party took part in the 1991 national conference that prepared the country's democratic transition after the military rule of Seyni Kountché and Ali Saibou . In 1991 the PNDS-Tarayya co-founded the nine-party coalition Alliance of Forces of Change , which was formed as an opposition to the sole rule of the National Development Society (MNSD-Nassara). In the transitional government under Prime Minister Amadou Cheiffou of the CDS-Rahama from 1991 to 1993 , the PNDS-Tarayya provided four government members: the State Secretary for Cooperation Mohamed Bazoum , the Communications Minister Elback Adam , the State Secretary for Interior Badroum Mouddour and the Mining and Energy Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou .

In the parliamentary elections of 1993 , the PNDS-Tarayya won eleven of the 83 seats in the National Assembly . Five other parties from the Alliance for Forces of Change made it into parliament. The alliance was now represented there by 50 MPs. In the presidential elections of 1993 that took place shortly afterwards, PNDS Tarayya chairman Mahamadou Issoufou came third. The election winner was Mahamane Ousmane from CDS-Rahama. Ousmane appointed Mahamadou Issoufou Prime Minister on April 18, 1993. In the 28-member coalition government, PNDS-Tarayya was represented by six other people: Abdallah Boureima (finance), Foumakoye Gado (mining), Issoufou Katambé (interior), Kané Aïchatou (planning), Mallam Kandine Adam (justice) and Hassoumi Massoudou (Communication). In September 1994 Issoufou resigned as Prime Minister, the PNDS-Tarayya withdrew from the coalition. After the failure of a minority government under the new Prime Minister Souley Abdoulaye (CDS-Rahama), President Mahamane Ousmane called new elections.

In the 1995 parliamentary elections , PNDS-Tarayya took third place and twelve of the 83 seats in the National Assembly. The PNDS-Tarayya, the MNSD-Nassara , the PPN-RDA and the UDFP-Sawaba formed a coalition government. Hama Amadou from the MNSD-Nassara was Prime Minister . PNDS-Tarayya was represented in the government by Foreign and Communication Minister Mohamed Bazoum, Health Minister Kalla Ankourao and Infrastructure Minister Rhousmane Ahmed . Mahamadou Issoufou became President of the National Assembly . The parliamentary majority of the governing parties faced Mahamane Ousmane, a president who, as a CDS Rahama member, belonged to a party not represented in the government ( cohabitation ).

On January 27, 1996, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara replaced President Mahamane Ousmane and Prime Minister Hama Amadou in a coup, dissolved the National Assembly and banned all political parties in Niger. In the new government under Prime Minister Boukary Adji , however, there were still two personalities of the PNDS-Tarayya: Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum and Health Minister Moussa Aloua . After the constitutional referendum of May 12, 1996 , the political parties were allowed to resume their activities on May 20, 1996. In the presidential elections of 1996 won by Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara , the PNDS Tarayya candidate Mahamadou Issoufou landed behind in fourth place. The parliamentary elections of 1996 were boycotted by the PNDS-Tarayya, among others, which was no longer represented in the National Assembly. The PNDS-Tarayya was at the head of an extra-parliamentary eight-party alliance called Front for the Restoration and Defense of Democracy (French: Front pour la Restauration et la Défense de la Démocratie ), which also includes the MNSD-Nassara and the CDS-Rahama belonged to. The conflict with the regime intensified noticeably. On April 9, 1999, President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara was killed in a coup led by Daouda Malam Wanké . In the interim government of Prime Minister Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki , Finance Minister Saïdou Sidibé and Education Minister Akilou Ahmed Baringueye belonged to the PNDS-Tarayya.

Mahamadou Issoufou (2004)

In the 1999 presidential election , the PNDS Tarayya candidate Mahamadou Issoufou lost in a runoff election to Mamadou Tandja from MNSD Nassara. In the parliamentary elections of 1999 , also won by the MNSD-Nassara , the PNDS-Tarayya reached third place and received 16 of the 83 seats in the National Assembly. The party remained in opposition until 2011. In the 2004 presidential elections , Mahamadou Issoufou was again defeated in a runoff election to Mamadou Tandja. In the 2004 parliamentary elections , the PNDS-Tarayya ran in an electoral alliance with the PNA-Al'ouma and the PPN-RDA, which received 25 of the 113 seats in the National Assembly, 23 of which were occupied by the PNDS-Tarayya. After the dissolution of the National Assembly of President Mamadou Tandja, who was striving for a third term in office not provided for in the constitution, the parliamentary elections in 2009 were boycotted by PNDS-Tarayya and other parties. Tandja was overthrown on February 18, 2010 by the military under Salou Djibo .

Mahamadou Issoufou won the 2011 presidential election . His PNDS Tarayya also emerged as the party with the largest number of votes in the 2011 parliamentary elections with 33 percent of the vote and 37 of the 113 seats in the National Assembly. In the coalition government appointed by Mahamadou Issoufou, PNDS-Tarayya is represented by Prime Minister Brigi Rafini, Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum, Finance Minister Gilles Baillet , Defense Minister Mahamadou Karidio and Energy and Oil Minister Foumakoye Gado. After Issoufou's election as president, Mohamed Bazoum, the previous deputy party chairman, took over the party chairmanship from him. Bazoum was initially in office on an interim basis until he was elected party chairman by the PNDS-Tarayya Congress in 2013.

In the 2016 general election , the party won 75 out of 171 seats in the National Assembly.

literature

  • Political parties . In: Abdourahmane Idrissa and Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th ed., Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 .

Web links

Commons : Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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