Salou Souleymane

Salou Souleymane (born November 23, 1953 in Namaro ) is a Nigerien general .

Life

Salou Souleymane completed his school career in 1973 with a baccalaureate and in the same year became a member of the Nigerien armed forces . He trained as a fighter pilot in Morocco , Germany , France and the United States , among others . As such, he served in the Nigerien Air Force and in 1999 reached the rank of colonel . Souleymane became the Air Force Chief of Staff in 2003 . The following year he obtained a Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées in Defense and Geostrategy at the University of Panthéon-Assas . In 2007 he was appointed Brigadier General.

After the military coup against President Mamadou Tandja and the seizure of power by the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy , Salou Souleymane became Chief of Staff of the Nigerien Armed Forces in 2010 . In this position he replaced Moumouni Boureima . Under the civilian president Mahamadou Issoufou , Seyni Garba became chief of staff in 2011 and Salou Souleymane was instead appointed inspector general of the armed forces and the gendarmerie .

He was retired from the armed forces in mid-2015. Souleymane was arrested after a failed coup attempt against President Issoufou on December 18, 2015. A military court sentenced him to 15 years in prison in early 2018. A son of Souleymanes and several co-defendants also received prison terms of several years.

Honors

Grand Officer of the National Order of Niger

Officer of the National Order of Guinea

Knight of the Legion of Honor

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Assane Soumana: Bio express du Général de Brigade Aérienne Souleymane Salou, Chef d'Etat Major Général des Armées: une carrière militaire bien étoffée. In: Niger Diaspora. March 5, 2010, accessed January 30, 2018 (French).
↑ La haute hiérarchie de l'armée réaménagée . In: L'Actualité. Hebdomaire Nigérien d'informations générales, de réflexions et d'opinions . No. 29 , March 3, 2010, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed January 30, 2018]).
↑ Niger: nomination d'un nouveau chef d'état-major des armées. In: french.news.cn. June 4, 2011, archived from the original on June 7, 2011 ; accessed on January 30, 2018 (French).
↑ Les noms des huit généraux nigériens mis à la retraite. In: Mondafrique. February 19, 2016, accessed June 8, 2018 (French).
^ Oumarou Kané: Affaire du coup d'état déjoué: Le Général Salou Souleymane et ses complices condamnés. In: Niger Diaspora. January 29, 2018, accessed January 30, 2018 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Souleymane, Salou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nigerien general
DATE OF BIRTH	November 23, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Namaro

[Bio_Express-1] Assane Soumana: Bio express du Général de Brigade Aérienne Souleymane Salou, Chef d'Etat Major Général des Armées: une carrière militaire bien étoffée. In: Niger Diaspora. March 5, 2010, accessed January 30, 2018 (French).

[2] La haute hiérarchie de l'armée réaménagée . In: L'Actualité. Hebdomaire Nigérien d'informations générales, de réflexions et d'opinions . No. 29 , March 3, 2010, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed January 30, 2018]).

[3] Niger: nomination d'un nouveau chef d'état-major des armées. In: french.news.cn. June 4, 2011, archived from the original on June 7, 2011 ; accessed on January 30, 2018 (French).

[4] Les noms des huit généraux nigériens mis à la retraite. In: Mondafrique. February 19, 2016, accessed June 8, 2018 (French).

[5] Oumarou Kané: Affaire du coup d'état déjoué: Le Général Salou Souleymane et ses complices condamnés. In: Niger Diaspora. January 29, 2018, accessed January 30, 2018 (French).