Brigi Rafini

Brigi Rafini
Brigi Rafini in 2012
Prime Minister of Niger
In office
7 April 2011 – 2 April 2021
PresidentMahamadou Issoufou
Preceded byMahamadou Danda
Succeeded byOuhoumoudou Mahamadou
Personal details
Born (1953-03-29) 29 March 1953 (age 71)
Iferouane, French West Africa
(now Niger)
Political partyNigerien Party for Democracy
and Socialism
Alma materNational School of
Administration, Niamey
National School of Administration, Strasbourg

Brigi Rafini (born 29 March 1953) is a politician in Niger who served as the Prime Minister of Niger from 2011 to 2021. A native of Iférouane in Agadez Region and an ethnic Tuareg,[1] Rafini was Minister of Agriculture in the late 1980s and Fourth Vice-President of the National Assembly of Niger from 2004 to 2009. He was appointed as prime minister after Mahamadou Issoufou took office as president on 7 April 2011. He is also notably the first Tuareg in office.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ Le Premier ministre, M Brigi Rafini : un homme d'une grande expérience politique à la tête du gouvernement Archived October 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Oumarou Moussa, Le Sahel (Niamey), 2011-04-11.
  2. ^ Niger's new leader names Brigi Rafini prime minister, Reuters 2011-04-11.
  3. ^ AFP: Niger's new president appoints Tuareg as prime minister 2011-04-11.
  4. ^ Brigi Rafini, un ancien administrateur civil nommé Premier ministre du Niger Archived September 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, African Press Agency, 2011-04-08.
  5. ^ Niger rebels release 6 more government soldiers - AP 2007-08-05
  6. ^ France sees Areva progress, offers Niger mine aid Reuters 2007-08-04
  7. ^ Niger : libération d’une partie de militaires pris en otage par le MNJ Le Potentiale (Kinshahsa), 2007-08-07
  8. ^ Visite d’étude de trois députés et deux fonctionnaires de l’Assemblée nationale du Niger 30 juin au 4 juillet 2008 Assemblée nationale - Coopération interparlementaire - XIII° législature, French National Assembly, July 2008.
  9. ^ M. Brigi Rafini, 4ème vice-président de l'Assemblée nationale et maire de la Commune rurale d'Iférouane Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Assane Soumana, Le Sahel (Niamey), 2009-04-03.
  10. ^ Human rights of parliamentarians: 186th Governing Council session International Parliamentary Union report on Niger, 2009.