Habi Mahamadou Salissou

Habi Mahamadou Salissou is a Nigerien politician and the Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD). [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20050409035158/http://www.mnsd.ne/bureaupo.htm National Political Bureau of the MNSD] , MNSD web site (2005 archive) fr.]

Salissou was elected to the National Assembly in the February 1993 parliamentary election [ [http://droit.francophonie.org/df-web/publication.do?publicationId=548 "Afrique de l'Ouest - Niger - Cour suprême - 1993 - Arrêt no 93-10/cc du 18 mars 1993"] , droit.francophonie.org fr icon.] as an MNSD candidate in Tahoua constituency. [ [http://droit.francophonie.org/df-web/publication.do?publicationId=1024 "Afrique de l'Ouest - Niger - Cour suprême - 1993 - Arrêt no 93-3/cc du 1er février 1993"] , droit.francophonie.org fr icon.] He was again elected to the National Assembly in the November 1999 parliamentary election from Tahoua constituency [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20040718020211/www.assemblee.ne/organes/ldpce.htm List of deputies elected in the 1999 election by constituency] , National Assembly website (2004 archive page) fr icon.] and served as a deputy until September 2001. [http://max1412.powweb.com/htdocs/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=639&Itemid=2 "Gouvernement du 1er mars 2007 : Iniquité et part du lion du MNSD"] , "Roue de l'Histoire", n° 342, 7 March 2007 (Tamtaminfo.com) fr icon.] He was also First Questeur of the National Assembly [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20011008175630/www.assemblee.ne/organes/buran.htm "Bureau de l'Assemblée nationale 2001"] , National Assembly web site (2001 archive page) fr.] and First Rapporteur of the MNSD Parliamentary Group at that time. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20020830094821/www.assemblee.ne/organes/ldpgp.htm Parliamentary groups in the National Assembly] , National Assembly web site (2001 archive page) fr icon.]

In the government named on September 17 2001, under Prime Minister Hama Amadou of the MNSD, Salissou was appointed Minister of Secondary and Higher Education, Research and Technology. [http://www.presidence.ne/PagesHtm/GouvTandja.htm List of governments of Niger] , official website of the Nigerien presidency fr icon.] Following the December 2004 parliamentary election, he was appointed Minister of Trade, Industry and the Promotion of the Private Sector in the government named on December 30 2004. He was not included in the government of Prime Minister Seyni Oumarou (also of the MNSD), named on June 9 2007 following a no-confidence vote against the previous government. [Oumarou Keïta, [http://www.planeteafrique.com/Republicain-Niger/Index.asp?affiche=News_Display.asp&articleid=3783&rub=Actualit%E9s "LE 3E GOUVERNEMENT DE LA 2E MANDATURE DE TANDJA. Fera-t-il mieux que les précédents ?"] , "Le Republicain-Niger" (planetafrique.com), June 13, 2007 fr icon.]

In addition to being the Secretary-General of the MNSD, Salissou is also President of the MNSD section in Tahoua Region.

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