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Mamane Oumarou (born 1946) is a
Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesPrime Minister of Niger during the 1980s. He has been Mediator of the Republic since 2008. A Kanuri from the eastern part of the country, he was Ambassador to
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, then Mayor of Maradi and Minister of Youth, Sports, and Culture under Seyni Kountché. Kountché appointed him as Prime Minister on 24 January 1983, but in November 1983 he instead made Oumarou the head of the
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, where he served until 1988. Kountché's successor
Ali Saïbou Ali Saibou (17 June 1940 – 31 October 2011) was the third President of Niger from 1987 to 1993 succeeding the deceased Seyni Kountché. A member of the Djerma people, he was born in Dingajibanda, a village in the Ouallam arrondissement. Al ...
appointed Oumarou as Prime Minister again in May 1989, but eliminated the position in December 1989. Oumarou served for a time as Ambassador to
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. He was appointed as Mediator of the Republic by President
Mamadou Tandja Mamadou Tandja (1938 – 24 November 2020) was a Nigerien politician who was President of Niger from 1999 to 2010. He was President of the National Movement for the Development Society (MNSD) from 1991 to 1999 and unsuccessfully ran as the MNSD ...
on 19 August 2008."Niger : nomination d'un médiateur de la République"
, Xinhua, 20 August 2008 .


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Samuel Decalo Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...
, ''Historical Dictionary of Niger'', 3rd ed. (Scarecrow Press, 1997, ), p. 237 1946 births Living people Ministers of council of Niger Mayors of places in Niger Prime Ministers of Niger Ambassadors of Niger to Saudi Arabia Kanuri people {{Niger-politician-stub