Hama Amadou
Hama Amadou (born 1950) is a Nigerien politician who was Prime Minister of Niger from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2007. He was also Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD-Nassara) from 1991 to 2001 and President of the MNSD-Nassara from 2001 to 2009. Amadou is from the Kurtey, a Fula sub-group, and was raised in the Tillaberi Region, in the Niger River valley, north of Niamey.
Hama Amadou | |
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Amadou in 2011 | |
| Prime Minister of Niger | |
| In office 1 January 2000 – 7 June 2007 | |
| President | Mamadou Tandja |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki |
| Succeeded by | Seyni Oumarou |
| In office 21 February 1995 – 27 January 1996 | |
| President | Mahamane Ousmane |
| Preceded by | Amadou Cissé |
| Succeeded by | Boukary Adji |
| President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 19 April 2011 – 24 November 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Seyni Oumarou |
| Succeeded by | Amadou Salifou |
| Minister of Information | |
| In office 15 July 1988 – 20 December 1989 | |
| President | Ali Saibou |
| Prime Minister | Mamane Oumarou |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Youri, Niger |
| Political party | MNSD-Nassara (1989–2010) MODEN/FA-Lumana (2010–present) |
As a result of corruption allegations against his government, he was removed from office as Prime Minister through a 2007 no-confidence vote in the National Assembly. In 2008 he became the target of a corruption investigation which saw him arrested to face criminal charges at the Nigerien High Court of Justice and removed from his post as MNSD President.
From 2011 to 2014, Amadou was President of the National Assembly of Niger. He was elected to that post as an ally of President Mahamadou Issoufou, but in 2013 he went into opposition. He fled Niger in August 2014 to escape arrest on charges related to a baby-trafficking investigation. Upon those charges, Amadou was sentenced to one year in prison, in March 2017, by the Niamey Court of Appeals. Amadou was tried in absentia, since he was exiled in France.