Aminatou Djibrilla Maiga Touré is a

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diplomat. She was Niger's Ambassador to the

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from 2006 to 2010 and has served in the transitional government as

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since March 2010. Touré began working at the Foreign Ministry in 1979. She was assigned to its Department of Legal and Consular Affairs until 1991 and was then posted at the Nigerien Embassy to

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from 1991 to 1995. Returning to Niger, she served as Mayor of

Niamey Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. As the Niamey Urban Community (, CUN), it is a Regions of Niger, first-level division of Niger, surrounded by the Tillabéri Region, in the western part of the country. Niamey lies on the Nige ...

Commune II from 1996 to 2000. Touré was Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2003 and then Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry's National Commission for

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from 2003 to 2005. After being appointed as Ambassador to the United States, Touré presented her credentials on 9 March 2006. She remained in that post for four years. On 18 February 2010, President

Mamadou Tandja Mamadou Tandja (1938 – 24 November 2020) was a Nigerien politician who was List of heads of state of Niger, President of Niger from 1999 to 2010. He was President of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) from 1991 to 1999 ...

was overthrown in a

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in Niamey, and

Salou Djibo Salou Djibo (born 15 April 1965) is a Nigerien Army officer. After President Mamadou Tandja's attempts to remain in power beyond his term, Djibo led the military coup of 18 February 2010 that ousted Tandja, after which he became the head of th ...

, the President of the

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(CSRD), then appointed Touré to serve in the transitional government as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 1 March 2010."Niger junta announces 20-minister provisional gov't"
Xinhua, 2 March 2010.

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