Amadou Salifou is a Nigerien politician who was

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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 ...

from 2014 to 2016.

Life and career

Salifou is a Zarma from the

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suburb of Goudel. He was elected to the National Assembly three times. Salifou also served twice as president of the council of Niamey. Salifou was suspended from the

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in 2013 for supporting Nigerien President

Mahamadou Issoufou Mahamadou Issoufou (born 1 January 1952) is a Nigerien politician who served as the President of Niger from 7 April 2011 to 2 April 2021. Issoufou was the prime minister of Niger from 1993 to 1994, president of the National Assembly from 1995 t ...

. On 24 November 2014, four days after

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 ...

was removed from his post as President of the National Assembly by the Constitutional Court, Salifou was elected to replace Amadou; he received 71 out of 113 votes from the deputies of the National Assembly. Salifou lost his seat in the 2016 general election. He was replaced as President of the National Assembly by

Ousseini Tinni Ousseini Tinni (born 10 December 1954) is a Nigerien politician of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism. He was President of the National Assembly from 25 March 2016 until 23 March 2021. Career Tinni was born in Tinoma, in the Dosso R ...

on 25 March 2016.

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