Who is niger current leader

ON TV. On social media. Who are we? Fight the Fake. Daily newsletter Receive essential international news every morning Subscribe. Niger Mohamed Bazoum democracy Mahamadou Issoufou. Published On 2 Apr More from News. Mexico raises interest rates for the fourth consecutive time. Give yourself a headstart: Get full access to The Africa Report on all your devices.

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A new government. The article continues below. Ms Mr. Get information from Jeune Afrique Media Group: subscription deals, special offers…. Digital subscription. Africa Insight. Sign up. In Bazoum became an architect of Issoufou's first election victory, taking on the nuts-and-bolts task of managing the party while Issoufou took centre-stage. After Issoufou was re-elected for a second and final term in , Bazoum gained prominence in ministerial posts, latterly becoming interior minister before stepping down to tilt for the top job.

Born in Bilabrine in the southeastern Diffa region, Bazoum is a member of Niger's ethnic Arab minority, which some opposition figures seized on to accuse him of having "foreign" origins. He dismissively asked campaign rallies: "Do people say Bazoum is not a Nigerien? After attending school at Goure in the southwest, Bazoum obtained his baccalaureat high school diploma in Zinder, the country's second city.

He left to study philosophy at the University of Dakar in Senegal, where he found his roots in the political left and eventually returned to Niger to become a schoolteacher. He was sent to prison for his political activities under president Ibrahim Mainassara , but then reclaimed his seat in parliament and held cabinet posts as both junior minister and minister.