Abdou Labo

Abdou Labo is a Nigerien politician and a member of the Democratic and Social Convention-Rahama (CDS).

In the government named on April 23 1993, following elections in which CDS leader Mahamane Ousmane was elected president and the coalition that included the CDS won a parliamentary majority, Labo was appointed Secretary of State in charge of Communication, under the Minister of Communication, Culture, Youth and Sports, Hassoumi Massoudou. He served in this position until being appointed Minister of National Defense in the government of Prime Minister Souley Abdoulaye, which was named on October 5 1994; this government served only briefly, [ [http://www.presidence.ne/PagesHtm/GouvMahamaneOusmane.htm "GOUVERNEMENTS DU PRESIDENT MAHAMANE OUSMANE"] , official web site of the Nigerien presidency fr.] however, and Labo left the government after the CDS lost the January 1995 parliamentary election.

The 1999 parliamentary election was won by an alliance of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) and the CDS, and Labo was appointed Minister of Equipment and Transport in the government named on January 5 2000. In the government named on September 17 2001, he became Minister of Equipment, Housing, and Territorial Administration, and in the government named on November 8 2002 he became Minister of State in charge of Sports, Culture, and the Francophone Games. [http://www.presidence.ne/PagesHtm/GouvTandja.htm "GOUVERNEMENTS DE LA TRANSITION DE TANDJA MAMADOU"] , official website of the Nigerien presidency fr.] Following the December 2004 parliamentary election, in which Labo was elected as a CDS candidate to the National Assembly from Maradi constituency, [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20050213002952/www.assemblee.ne/circons/circ_ord.htm List of deputies elected in the 2004 election by constituency] , National Assembly website (2005 archive page) fr icon.] Labo remained in the government and was appointed Minister of State in charge of Hydraulics, the Environment, and the Fight Against Desertification on December 30. In the government named on March 1 2007, Labo remained Minister of State but was left in charge of only hydraulics. He was the second ranking member of government, after Prime Minister Hama Amadou. [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.] He was not included in the government of Prime Minister Seyni Oumarou, 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.] President Tandja Mamadou decided that ministers who had served in the government for over five years should be excluded from it on this occasion. [ [http://max1412.powweb.com/htdocs/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=954&Itemid=2 "Remaniement ministériel: Le départ du gouvernement des principaux indésirables"] , "Roue de l'Histoire" (tamtaminfo.com), n° 356, June 13, 2007 fr.]

Labo has been a National Vice-President of the CDS, representing Maradi Department, since 2002. [Yahaya Garba, [http://max1412.powweb.com/htdocs/joomla/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=1338 "6ème congrès de la CDS-Rahama: Un congrès expéditif et sans enjeu"] , "Roue de l’Histoire" n° 368, September 5, 2007 (Tamtaminfo.com, September 6, 2007) fr icon.]

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