Hassoumi Massaoudou

Hassoumi Massaoudou is a Nigerien politician of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism-Tarayya (PNDS). He was Minister of Communication, Culture, Youth and Sports in the government named on April 23 1993, following Niger's first multiparty elections. He served in that position until Prime Minister Mahamadou Issoufou, also the President of the PNDS, resigned in late September 1994 and the PNDS left the ruling coalition, with a new government being named on October 5. [ [http://www.presidence.ne/PagesHtm/GouvMahamaneOusmane.htm "GOUVERNEMENTS DU PRESIDENT MAHAMANE OUSMANE"] , official web site of the Nigerien presidency fr.]

Following the military coup led by Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara on January 27 1996, Massaoudou was arrested on July 13 1996 and tortured while in detention, with mock executions being used. [http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR430021996?open&of=ENG-NER "Niger: A major step backwards"] , Amnesty International, 16 October 1996.]

Massaoudou was elected to the National Assembly in the November 1999 parliamentary election and served as President of the PNDS Parliamentary Group during the parliamentary term that followed. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20040718233428/www.assemblee.ne/organes/grparl.htm "LISTE DES Députés PAR GROUPE PARLEMENTAIRE"] , National Assembly website (2004 archive page) fr icon.] He is currently the First Assistant Secretary-General of the PNDS. [ [http://www.pnds-tarraya.org/CEN%202004.pdf PNDS-Tarayya National Executive Committee] , as of September 2004 fr.]

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