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Leaders and politicians

Modern

Hama Amadou Hama Amadou (born 1949) is a Nigerien politician who was Prime Minister of Niger from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2007. He was also Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD-Nassara) from 1991 to 200 ...

, former Prime Minister * Kalla Ankourao, former minister * Djibo Bakary, colonial premier and Sawaba party leader * Bibata Niandou Barry lawyer and minister * Hamani Diori, first President * Mahamadou Issoufou, present Leader of the Opposition, former prime minister * Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President, 1996-1999 * Mamadou Tandja, President, 1999-2010 *

Hadizatou Mani Hadizatou Mani (born 1984) is a Nigerien human rights activist who fought a legal battle to free herself from slavery, and who since her emancipation has acted as an anti-slavery advocate. Biography Mani was born in Dogaroua in the Tahoua Regio ...

, human rights advocate * Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, former prime minister *

Mamane Oumarou Mamane Oumarou (born 1946) is a Nigerien politician who served two brief periods as Prime 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 Ca ...

, Prime Minister, 1983 & 1989 * Mahamane Ousmane, President, 1993-1996 *

Ali Saibou 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 ...

, President, 1987-1993 *

André Salifou André Salifou (born 1942
.) is a

, professor and opposition leader *

Ilguilas Weila Ilguilas Weila is an anti-slavery human rights activist in Niger. He is president of the anti-slavery organization Timidria. Ilguilas Weila and five other people were arrested on 28 April 2005 accused of trying to falsely elicit money, two billio ...

, human rights activist * Seyni Oumarou, present prime minister * Ousmane Issoufou Oubandawaki, former Minister of National Defence, former Minister of Transports, former Director General of ASECNA

Not served or opposition

Rhissa Ag Boula Rhissa Ag Boula is a Nigerien Tuareg people, Tuareg politician and former leader of rebel factions in both the Tuareg Rebellion (1990–1995), 1990–1995 and the Tuareg Rebellion (2007–2009), 2007–2009 Tuareg based Insurgencies. He was Nigerie ...

Military Leaders

* Seyni Kountché, military officer, President 1974-1987 * Général Ali Saïbou, military officer, President 1987-1992 * Daouda Malam Wanké, military officer, President 1999-2000

Religious figures

Sarraounia Sarraounia Mangou was a chief/priestess of the animist Azna subgroup of the Hausa people , Hausa, who fought French colonial troops of the Voulet–Chanoine Mission at the Battle of Lougou (in present-day Niger) in 1899. She is the subject of th ...

: ''Mauri'' religious leader *

Ambroise Ouédraogo Ambroise Ouédraogo (born 15 December 1948) is the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Maradi in Niger. He was appointed in 2001 as the first bishop of this new diocese, one of two dioceses in Niger. He has organised a structure of administration ...

: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Maradi

Other

* Emaniel Djibril Dankawa, footballer *

Mariam Kamara Mariam Issoufou Kamara (born April 1979, in Saint-Étienne, France) is a Nigerien architect. Her designs focus on open living spaces and make use of locally produced materials available to African communities: cement, recycled metal and raw earth. ...

, architect