Hama Amadou
Hama Amadou ( born 1950 Youri, Kollo ) is a Nigerien politician. He was from 1995 to 1996 and from 2000 to 2007 Prime Minister of his country.
Life
Hama Amadou belongs to the ethnic group of the Fulani. He was from 1984 to 1985 director general of the state broadcasting corporation, locationN. On 21 February 1995, he became Prime Minister under the ruling since 1993 President Mahamane Ousmane. The President was forced to this appointment, after his party had received only 24 of the 83 seats in the parliamentary elections on 12 January, while Amadou's National Movement of the Development Society ( MNSD - Nassara ) presented 29 Members. He was Secretary General of the MNSD - Nassara. The cooperation between the former opposition leader and President Amadou Ousmane was rather poor and led to a blockade of policy decisions. The military coup of Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara set both office on 27 January 1996 end. Both were detained temporarily. In January 1998, he was briefly arrested a second time, as he is said to have built up a militia and planned an assassination attempt on President Maïnassara. After a few days he was released again.
A coup led by Daouda Malam Wanké cost Maïnassara on April 9, 1999 Official and life. Amadou relied on cooperation with the new military government. When, after the return to democracy his party colleague Tandja Mamadou became president on 22 December 1999, convened this Amadou head of government of a coalition government. Since January 3, 2000, he was back in office. In the parliamentary elections on 24 November 1999, the MNSD - Nassara had won, by far the strongest party in 38 of the 83 seats. Immediately after being sworn declared Amadou parliamentarians that the state, empty public coffers could not initially pay for their payment. His party elected him on 2 January 2002 as the successor Tandja Mamadou its president. The end of 2004, the President was re-elected and the MNSD - Nassara in the parliamentary elections on 4 December 2004 with 47 of 113 seats again strongest party. Amadou was again commissioned by the President to form a government on December 24, 2004. On 1 June 2007 Amadou handed in his resignation after a vote of no confidence against his government due to a corruption scandal was successful.
On 23 June 2008 Hama Amadou was accused before the Supreme Court on charges of corruption and brought shortly after the high-security prison Koutoukalé in karma. He spent some time in jail until he was released on medical parole and went to France. Amadou denied all allegations of corruption and claimed to be the victim of a political plot. He returned in July 2009 to Niger back to attend the funeral of Adamou Moumouni Djermakoye, and founded on this occasion his own party, the Nigerien Democratic Movement for a African Federation ( FASHIONS -FA Lumana Africa). Amadou stood in the presidential elections in Niger 2011 election, which won Mahamadou Issoufou. Since April 19, 2011 Hama Amadou Marou Amadou, as the successor of President of the National Assembly.