The Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation (french: Mouvement démocratique nigérien pour une fédération africain, MODEN/FA-Lumana) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesHama 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 ...

History

The party was established on 12 May 2009. It did not run in the 2009 parliamentary elections, but contested the 2011 general elections, putting forward Amadou as its presidential candidate; he finished third with 20% of the vote. In the parliamentary elections it won 23 of the 113 seats in the National Assembly. Amadou ran for the presidency again in the 2016 general elections. He finished second in the first round of voting, receiving 18% of the vote, qualifying for the second round. However, the party boycotted the second round, resulting in

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 ...

winning with 92% of the vote. The elections also saw the party win 25 seats in the National Assembly, which was expanded to 171 seats. Singer

Hamsou Garba Hamsou Garba (sometimes Habsou) (25 December 1958 – 5 December 2022) was a Nigerien singer. A native of Maradi, Garba attended a French-run school for a while when she was a child, but left it to transfer to an Arabic-French ''madrassa'' inst ...

is a notable supporter of the party, which led to her imprisonment, briefly, in

Niamey Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank. Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census. As of 2017, population projections show the capital di ...

in 2016.

Electoral results

President of Niger

National Assembly

References

External links

Official website
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