List of Nigeriens
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This is a list of famous or important people from Niger:
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[edit] In the news
[edit] Artists
[edit] Authors and poets
[edit] Painters
[edit] Cinema artists
Yazi Dogo
[edit] Musicians and Singers
[edit] Leaders and politicians
[edit] Historical
- Malam Yaro, a wealthy Hausa merchant in Zinder at the time of the arrival of the first French mission led by Lamy in 1899 and in the following decades. At that time Zinder was known as Damagaram - it was a Hausa city-state nearly equal in power to the Hausa states to the south in Nigeria.
[edit] Modern
- Abba Moussa Issoufou, current President of the Constitutional Court
- Hama Amadou, present Prime Minister
- Djibo Bakary, colonial premier and Sawaba party leader
- Hamani Diori, first President
- Mahamadou Issoufou, present Leader of the Opposition
- Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President, 1996-99
- Tandja Mamadou, current President
- Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, former prime minister
- Mamane Oumarou, Prime Minister, 1983 & 1989
- Mahamane Ousmane, President, 1993-96
- Ali Saibou, President, 1987-93
- André Salifou, professor and opposition leader
- Ilguilas Weila, human rights activist
[edit] Royalty
[edit] Not served or opposition
- Rhissa Ag Boula
[edit] Military Leaders
- Seyni Kountché, military officer
- Daouda Malam Wanké, military officer
[edit] Religious figures
- Rev. Kimso Boureima, President, Alliance of Missions and Evangelical Churches in Niger (Alliance de Missions et Églises Évangéliques du Niger-AMEEN)
- Rev. Harouna Labo, President of the Evangelical Church of the Republic of Niger (Église Évangélique de la République du Niger--EERN)
- Abba Moussa (1900?-1974), likely first convert to Christianity in Niger, at Zinder, 1931(?)
[edit] Scholars, Scientists and Academics
[edit] Explorers and Travellers
[edit] Architects
- Abba Moussa Souleyman, designer of the Académie des Arts Martiaux[1] (Martial Arts Academy) for the 2005 Francophonie
[edit] Sports
- Hamey Amadou
