Souley Abdoulaye

Souley Abdoulaye (born 1965) is a Nigerien politician. He served as the country's Prime Minister from 28 September 1994Nancy Ellen Lawler, [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9111781/NIGER Niger: Year in Review 1994] , Britannica.com.] to 8 February 1995. [Nancy Ellen Lawler, [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9112815/NIGER Niger: Year in Review 1995] , Britannica.com.]

A member of the Democratic and Social Convention-Rahama (CDS),Jibrin Ibrahim and Abdoulaye Niandou Souley, [http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=11625 "The rise to power of an opposition party: the MNSD in Niger Republic"] , Unisa Press, Politeia, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1996.] Abdoulaye was named Minister of Trade, Transport, and Tourism on 23 April 1993, [http://www.presidence.ne/PagesHtm/GouvMahamaneOusmane.htm "Gouvernmenets du Président Mahamane Ousmane"] , official Nigerien presidency web site fr icon.] part of the government of the Alliance of the Forces of Change (AFC), a coalition of parties that included the CDS, under Prime Minister Mahamadou Issoufou. This followed the victory of Mahamane Ousmane, the CDS leader, in the second round of the presidential election in March. Abdoulaye was considered close to Ousmane and served as his campaign manager and as the treasurer of the CDS.

Ousmane appointed Abdoulaye as Prime Minister following the resignation of Issoufou in September 1994. Issoufou's party, the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism, also quit the AFC coalition, leaving it without a parliamentary majority. Abdoulaye's government was named on 5 October, but, lacking a parliamentary majority, on 16 October it was defeated in a no-confidence vote,"Oct 1994 - Political crisis", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 40, October, 1994 Niger, Page 40219.] with 46 deputies (out of 82 present) against it, and resigned. Abdoulaye was promptly reappointed as Prime Minister by Ousmane on 17 October, and Abdoulaye named the same government again, but as a result, Ousmane had to call a new parliamentary election, which was held in January 1995.

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara seized power in a military coup in January 1996, ousting Ousmane. On August 23 1996, Abdoulaye was named Minister of Transport; [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20050302015503/www.afrique-express.com/archive/OUEST/niger/gvts/nigergvt960823.htm "Le gouvernement du Niger, formé le 23 août 1996"] , Afrique-express.com fr icon.] [http://www.presidence.ne/PagesHtm/GouvBarre.htm "Gouvernmenets du Président Ibrahim Mainassara Barré"] , official Nigerien presidency web site fr icon.] he was subsequently became Minister of the Interior in the government of Prime Minister Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, which was named on 1 December 1997, [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20050302020029/www.afrique-express.com/archive/OUEST/niger/gvts/nigergov971201.htm "Le gouvernement du Niger, formé le 1er décembre 1997"] , Afrique-express.com fr icon.] remaining in that position until an April 1999 coup in which Maïnassara was killed.

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