Bouli Ali Diallo (born 1948) is a

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, which at the time accepted only women as students. She next attended the

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, where she studied chemistry and biology and earned a doctorate in applied microbiology in 1978, and the Science and Technology University of Languedoc in Montpellier, from which she earned her ''doctorat d'État'' in applied entomology in 1991. She returned to Niger to teach biology at

Abdou Moumouni University Abdou Moumouni University (French: Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, UAM) was formerly the University of Niamey from 1974 to 1994. On the right bank of the Niger River in Niamey, its students and faculty have historically been involved in prote ...

, a job which she had first taken in 1978. She has served in numerous administrative roles at the school as well; from 1987 to 1993 she was director of external relations, from 1993 to 1995 vice-rector, and from 1999 to 2005 rector. She was minister of national education in 1995 and 1996, and served as vice-president of the

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from 2002 until 2004. She has been a member of the boards of the

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and the

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Aide et Action, and from 1999 to 2004 presided over the Forum for African Women Educationalists, whose Nigerien chapter she founded. Ali Diallo has received numerous awards from France during her career, including the

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, of which she is an officer, for her academic achievements. She has remained an activist in Niger, speaking on the need to develop educational opportunities for women.

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1948 births Living people Women academics Nigerian women activists Ministers of council of Niger Women government ministers of Niger Cheikh Anta Diop University alumni Academic staff of Abdou Moumouni University Officiers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques 20th-century Nigerian women politicians {{Africa-academic-bio-stub