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PNA-Al'ouma
The Nigerien Self-Management Party (french: Parti nigérien pour l'autogestion, PNA-Al'ouma) is a political party in Niger led by Sanoussi Jackou. "Al'ouma", the party's nickname, is an Arabic loan word meaning "Community" in Hausa. History The party was founded by Jackou on 2 February 1997 following his 1996 expulsion from the Democratic and Social Convention (which he had co-founded in 1991) when he chose to take up ministerial posts in the government of Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara. It received 0.9% of the vote in the 1999 parliamentary elections, failing to win a seat. It contested the 2004 parliamentary elections in alliance with the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism and the Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally, with the joint list winning four seats. Jackou took one of the seats, becoming the PNA's first elected deputy. It retained its single seat in the 2009 parliamentary elections, but received no votes in the 2011 elections The following el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties In Niger
This article lists political parties in Niger. Niger has a multi-party system, with two to three strong political parties and smaller parties electorally successful to take seats in the National Assembly of Niger, National Assembly. These smaller parties frequently enter into electoral coalitions with their more powerful opponents, forming blocs in both government and opposition. Party naming Nigerien political parties are commonly known both by their acronyms and a nickname. The latter tradition began prior to independence with the Union of Popular Forces for Democracy and Progress-Sawaba, Nigerien Democratic Union-Sawaba. Sawaba ("Freedom" in Hausa language, Hausa) became the most common name of the party. Today all large parties have an official "nickname", usually in Hausa, Djerma language, Djerma or other national languages, while the official party name is in French. Multi-party democracy Niger banned all opposition parties from 1959 (prior to independence) to 1991. Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |