Aïchatou Maïnassara (16 August 1971 – 5 April 2020)[1] was a Nigerien politician and member of the Nigerien Patriotic Movement.[1]
Career
editPrior to entering politics, Maïnassara worked at the Nigerien Ministry of Finance in Tahoua.[1]
Maïnassara was elected to the Niger National Assembly in the 2016 Nigerien general election in the country's Dosso Region[1] for the Nigerien Patriotic Movement. Her party won five seats of the 171 in Parliament and became part of the government coalition.[2] She was the only female MP in her party and one of twenty-nine female members of the National Assembly.[3]
In 2019 she broke ranks with other members of her party by announcing support for the President Mahamadou Issoufou.[4]
After her death in 2020 she was succeeded in her parliamentary seat by Hadjia Mallam Makka.[5]
Personal life
editMaïnassara was born in the Niger capital Niamey in 1971. She had seven children.[1]
She died on 5 April 2020 at the age of 48 and was buried at the Muslim Cemetery in Niamey.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e FAAPA. "L'Assemblée Nationale rend hommage à la défunte députée Aichatou Maïnassara – FAAPA ENG". Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: NIGER (Assemblée nationale), Last elections". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Les 29 femmes députées – Assemblée Nationale du Niger". 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Politique : Le MPN se consume à petit feu". Niger Inter (in French). 16 April 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Niger : L'Assemblée Nationale initie une nouvelle réglementation des établissements publics". aniamey.com. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ ONEP (6 April 2020). "Cérémonie de levée de corps à l'Assemblée nationale : Hommage à la députée Aichatou Mainassara décédée le 5 avril dernier" (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2021.