Ousseini Tinni (born 10 December 1954) is a Nigerien politician of the

Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (french: Parti Nigerien pour la Democratie et le Socialisme, PNDS-Tarayya) is a political party in Niger. It is a broadly left-leaning party, part of the Socialist International, and since 2011 it ...

. He was President of the National Assembly from 25 March 2016 until 23 March 2021.

Career

Tinni was born in Tinoma, in the

Dosso Region Dosso is one of the eight Regions of Niger. The region has an area of , with a population of 2,078,339 as of 2011. History The region of Dosso is the historic centre of the Dosso Kingdom, which had its capital at Dosso. Today the palace of t ...

. He went to high school in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...

, France, and subsequently attended the ''Ecole Supérieure et des Techniques Economiques'' in

Lomé Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437

, Togo. Tinni later worked as a civil servant at several government ministries and departments. In the February 2016 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the PNDS. On 25 March 2016 he was elected President of the National Assembly with 109 out of 118 votes in favor. Opposition deputies boycotted the vote.

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