Mamadou Tandja | |
|---|---|
 Tandja in 2007 | |
| 7th President of Niger | |
| In office 22 December 1999 – 18 February 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki Hama Amadou Seyni Oumarou Albadé Abouba (Acting) Ali Badjo Gamatié |
| Preceded by | Daouda Malam Wanké (Chairman of the National Reconciliation Council) |
| Succeeded by | Salou Djibo (Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1938 Maïné-Soroa, French West Africa (now Niger) |
| Died | (aged 82) Niamey, Niger |
| Political party | National Movement for the Development of Society |
| Spouse | Hadjia Laraba Tandja |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Niger |
| Branch/service |  Niger Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Mamadou Tandja (1938 – 24 November 2020) was a Nigerien politician who was President of Niger from 1999 to 2010. He was President of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) from 1991 to 1999 and unsuccessfully ran as the MNSD's presidential candidate in 1993 and 1996 before being elected to his first term in 1999. While serving as President of Niger, he was also Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States from 2005 to 2007.
Tandja was of mixed Fula and Soninke ethnicity.[1] He was the first President of Niger who was not ethnically Hausa or Djerma.[2]
Following a constitutional crisis in 2009, which was caused by Tandja's efforts to remain in office beyond his term, he was ousted by the military in a coup d'état on 18 February 2010.
- ^ Decalo, Samuel (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Niger (3rd ed.). Boston & Folkestone: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3136-8.: pp.299–300
- ^ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices — 2003: Niger, U.S. State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 25 February 2004.