Souleymane Ly

Souleymane Ly (born October 23, 1919 in Fada N'Gourma , † December 12, 1994 in Niamey ) was a Nigerien educator and politician .

Life

Souleymane Ly attended the teacher training college École normal William Ponty . From 1942 he worked in various positions in Niger's school system. He was initially the school director in Gouré , in 1943 he became deputy director of the school of Zengou in Zinder and in 1945 director of the primary school in Tahoua . In the same year he switched to the school inspectorate in the capital Niamey as secretary. In 1957 Ly took over the management of a school in Dogondoutchi and in 1958 the management of the regional school of Birni in Zinder. He then worked from 1960 as a school inspector. In the 1940s and 1950s, alongside Mahamane Dan Dobi , Zada Niandou and Djibo Yacouba, he was one of the defining figures in the establishment of a theater life in the urban centers of Niger.

In 1961, one year after Niger gained independence, Souleymane Ly moved into political administration. He initially worked as a cabinet director in the Ministry for the Economy in Rural Areas. In 1963 he became cabinet director in the Ministry of Defense, Information and Youth and in 1966 deputy to the district commander of Tillabéri . Ly was appointed sub-prefect of Illéla in 1966 and sub-prefect of Mirriah in 1967 , which he remained until 1968.

After that, Souleymane Ly worked as director of the École Nationale d'Administration . 1971 was appointed Secretary General of the Nigerien Government. From this position he resigned on September 30, 1974 and devoted the next twenty years until his death as director of the Collège Lako in Niamey again to the education system.

Honors

Knight's Cross of the French Ordre national du Mérite (1973)
Officer's Cross of the French Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1978)
Grand Cross of the Nigerien National Order (1993)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Chaïbou Dan Inna : Le théâtre . In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (= Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 64-65 .
^ ^A ^b André Salifou : Biographie politique de Hamani Diori. Premier President de la République du Niger . Karthala, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8111-0202-9 , pp. 312-313 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ly, Souleymane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nigerien educator and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 23, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fada N'Gourma
DATE OF DEATH	December 12, 1994
Place of death	Niamey

[Dan_Inna_64_65-1] Chaïbou Dan Inna : Le théâtre . In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (= Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 64-65 .

[Salifou_312_313-2] A ^b André Salifou : Biographie politique de Hamani Diori. Premier President de la République du Niger . Karthala, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8111-0202-9 , pp. 312-313 .