Sanoussi Jackou

Sanoussi Tambari Jackou (born 1940 [http://www.nigerdiaspora.net/journaux/action.pdf "Sanoussi: Ni Sujet, Ni Vassal du PNDS] ", "L'Action", N° 15, July 20, 2007, page 6 fr.] ) is a Nigerien politician and the President of the Nigerien Party for Self-Management (PNA-Aloumat). [http://www.assemblee.ne/reperes/reperes.htm Page at National Assembly website] fr.]

Jackou was born in Kornaka, in the Dakoro arrondissement of Maradi Department. He worked in the civil service from 1970 until he was arrested on March 20, 1976, following a failed coup attempt against the regime of Seyni Kountché on March 15. He was imprisoned until November 23 1987, when he was released shortly after Kountché's death; he returned to the civil service in March 1988. In the early 1990s, Jackou was a founding member of the Democratic and Social Convention (CDS-Rahama). He 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 a CDS candidate in Maradi 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.] Following this election, from 1993 to 1994 he served as Vice-President of the National Assembly of Niger.

During the rule of Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Jackou joined the government as Minister of State for Higher Education, Research, Technology, and African Integration. [ [http://www.presidence.ne/PagesHtm/GouvBarre.htm "GOUVERNEMENTS DU PRESIDENT IBRAHIM MAINASSARA BARRE"] , Nigerien presidency website fr.] As a result, he was expelled from the CDS, of which he had been the deputy leader, ["Africa South of the Sahara 2004" (2003), Routledge, page 795.] and he formed the PNA-Aloumat in early 1997, [Omar Kané, [http://max1412.powweb.com/htdocs/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=708&Itemid=2 "Politique Vers une autre rénovation au CDS ?"] , "Le Canard déchaîné", N° 266, April 2, 2007 (tamtaminfo.com) fr.] allying himself with Baré. [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Newsletters/irinw137.html "NIGER: New presidential alliance"] , IRIN-WA Update 137 of Events in West Africa, 3 February 1998.] In April 1998, however, he broke with Baré. [ [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Newsletters/irinw196.html "Presidential ally breaks ranks"] , IRIN-WA Update 196 of Events in West Africa, 28 April 1998.]

At present he is a member of the National Assembly, having been elected in the December 2004 parliamentary election from Maradi constituency. [ [http://www.assemblee.ne/circons/circ_ord.htm List of deputies at National Assembly website] fr.] He is part of the opposition, participating in the parliamentary group of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS), and he is the only PNA-Aloumat deputy in the National Assembly. [ [http://www.assemblee.ne/groupes/groupes.htm Page on parliamentary groups on National Assembly website] fr.] He has also been President of the Commission of Economic Affairs and the Plan in the National Assembly. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20050213003224/www.assemblee.ne/commissions/commiss.htm Page on commissions in the National Assembly] (2005 archive page) fr icon.]

Jackou was one of 14 deputies who filed a censure motion against the government of Prime Minister Hama Amadou on May 26 2007. [ [http://max1412.powweb.com/htdocs/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=880&Itemid=2 "Assemblée nationale Débats et vote d’une motion de censure contre le gouvernement aujourd’hui"] , "Sahel Quotidien" (tamtaminfo.com), May 28, 2007 fr.] Amadou's government was subsequently defeated in a no-confidence vote on May 31. [ [http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=afric_item_eng&id_article=34430 "Niger government falls after a "no confidence" vote"] , African Press Agency, May 31, 2007.]

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