Amadou Salifou is a Nigerien politician who was President of the National Assembly of Niger from 2014 to 2016.
Amadou Salifou | |
|---|---|
 Salifou in 2015 | |
| President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 24 November 2014 – 25 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Hama Amadou |
| Succeeded by | Ousseini Tinni |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (since 2013) |
| Other political affiliations | National Movement for the Development of Society |
Life and career
editSalifou is a Zarma from the Niamey suburb of Goudel.[1] He was elected to the National Assembly three times. Salifou also served twice as president of the council of Niamey.[2]
Salifou was suspended from the National Movement for the Development of Society in 2013 for supporting Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou.[3] On 24 November 2014, four days after Hama Amadou was removed from his post as President of the National Assembly by the Constitutional Court, Salifou was elected to replace Amadou; he received 71 out of 113 votes from the deputies of the National Assembly.[2]
Salifou lost his seat in the 2016 general election. He was replaced as President of the National Assembly by Ousseini Tinni on 25 March 2016.[4]
References
edit- ^ Rémi Carayol (2 December 2014). "Niger : Amadou Salifou, le joker d'Issoufou" (in French). Jeune Afrique. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Niger: Amadou Salifou élu président du Parlement" (in French). Radio France Internationale. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ Africa Yearbook Volume 11: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2014. BRILL. 8 October 2015. pp. 125–. ISBN 978-90-04-30505-2.
- ^ "Ousseini Tinni, député du PNDS, nouveau président de l'Assemblée nationale du Niger" (in French). ActuNiger. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
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