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President of Niger from 2011 to 2021

Mahamadou Issoufou (born 1 January 1952)^[1] 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 to 1996, and a candidate in each presidential election from 1993 to 2016. He led the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya), a social democratic party, from its foundation in 1990 until his election as president in 2011.

During the presidency of Mamadou Tandja (1999–2010), Issoufou was the main opposition leader.

Having left power by respecting the constitution that limited him to two presidential terms, thus leading to the first ever democratic transition of power in the country, in March 2021 he received the Ibrahim Prize for good governance, democratic election and respect of term limits.^[2]

Background

Issoufou, an ethnic Hausa