Daouda Mamadou Marté (born 23 November 1959) is a

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesNigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (french: Parti Nigerien pour la Democratie et le Socialisme, PNDS-Tarayya) is a political party in Niger. It is a broadly left-leaning party, part of the Socialist International, and since 2011 it ...

(PNDS-Tarayya), he has been the First Vice-president of the

National Assembly of Niger The unicameral National Assembly (''Assemblée nationale'') is Niger's legislative body. The National Assembly may propose laws and is required to approve all legislation. History The National Assembly was established through reforms of the Col ...

since 2011.

Life and career

Born in

Diffa Diffa is a city and Urban Commune in the extreme southeast of Niger, near the border with Nigeria. It is the administrative seat of both Diffa Region, and the smaller Diffa Department.Geels, Jolijn, (2006) ''Bradt Travel Guide - Niger'', pgs. ...

in 1959, Marté was a founding member of the PNDS; when the party held its Constitutive General Assembly on 23–24 December 1990, he was designated as its Deputy Treasurer. At the PNDS Fourth Ordinary Congress in September 2004, he was designated as Seventh Deputy Secretary-General. He retained that post at the Fifth Ordinary Congress, held on 18 July 2009. In the January 2011 parliamentary election, Marté was elected to the National Assembly as a PNDS candidate. When the National Assembly began meeting for its parliamentary term, Marté was elected as First Vice-president of the National Assembly on 20 April 2011. He was re-elected to the National Assembly in the February 2016 parliamentary election."Arrêt n° 012/CC/ME du 16 mars 2016"
Constitutional Court of Niger, 16 March 2016, page 50.

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1959 births Living people Members of the National Assembly (Niger) Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism politicians People from Diffa Region {{niger-politician-stub