The Djermakoy (var. Zermakoy, Zarmakoy, Djermakoye) is the title given to rulers of the Djerma/ Zarma states in what is now southwest
Niger
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, languages_type = National languagesAn Introduction to the Zarma Language p. 3 . From the 1890s, the Djermakoy of the Dosso Kingdom came to dominate the entire Djerma area, and remaining local Djermakoy owed allegiance to him.
The title remains in use, and the Djermakoy of Dosso remains an influential figure in post-independence Niger. Djermakoye
Issoufou Seydou Issoufou is a surname and given name. Notable people with the surname include:
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* Issoufou Assoumane, Nigerien politician and ministers of council
* Issoufou Boubacar Garba (born 1990), Nigerien footballer
*Issoufou Dayo (born 1991), B ...
played a leading role in Nigerien politics at the time of independence as a founder of the PPN, and later the UNIS parties, and as Vice-President and Minister of Justice from December 1958-October 1959, various ministerial posts from 1961-1965, Nigerien Ambassador to the
United Nations
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and three postings as a Deputy
Secretary General of the United Nations
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. Contemporary political leader Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye, a member of the Djerma aristocracy, also carries the title Djermakoye.