Foumakoye Gado
Foumakoye Gado (born 1950[1][2]) is a Nigerien politician who is currently the President of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya).[3] He served in the government of Niger as Minister of Mines and Energy from April 1993 to October 1994, and held the same post for a second time from April 2011 to September 2011. He has served as Minister of Oil since September 2011, with responsibility for energy as well until October 2016.
Political career[edit]
Gado studied physics at the University of Niamey and received a doctorate degree; later, he was a professor at the same university.[2] He was a founding member of the PNDS-Tarayya, a political party created under the leadership of Mahamadou Issoufou in the early 1990s,[4] and acquired a reputation as a firm loyalist of Issoufou.[2] At the PNDS Constitutive General Assembly, held on 23–24 December 1990, he was designated as the First Deputy Secretary-General of the PNDS.[5]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Niger in the February 1993 parliamentary election[2][6] as a PNDS candidate in Dosso constituency.[7] Following the 1993 election, Mahamadou Issoufou was appointed as Prime Minister at the head of a coalition government, and Gado was appointed to Issoufou's government as Minister of Mines and Energy on 23 April 1993.[8] At the same time, he was also Deputy Secretary-General of the PNDS.[9] He served as Minister of Mines and Energy until October 1994,[10] when the PNDS withdrew from the ruling coalition and went into opposition.[11]
Gado was among those arrested following an opposition demonstration on 11 January 1997.[12] At the Fourth Ordinary Congress of the PNDS, held on 4–5 September 2004, Gado was elected as its Secretary-General.[13]
In August 2005, Gado alleged that food aid was being improperly and corruptly distributed by administrative and political authorities, and he urged the government to take action against those responsible.[14] He was re-elected as PNDS Secretary-General at the party's Fifth Ordinary Congress, held on 18 July 2009.[15]
After Mahamadou Issoufou won the January–March 2011 presidential election and took office as president on 7 April 2011, Gado was appointed to the government as Minister of Mines and Energy on 21 April 2011.[16][17][18] He took over the ministry from his predecessor, Djibo Salamatou Gourouza Magagi, on 23 April 2011.[19]
President Issoufou modified the government on 12 September 2011, separating the mining portfolio from energy; he appointed Omar Hamidou Tchiana as Minister of State for Mines and Industrial Development, while Gado was instead appointed as Minister of Energy and Oil.[20] After Issoufou was sworn in for a second term, he retained Gado in his post as Minister of Energy and Oil in the government named on 11 April 2016.[21] His portfolio was modified on 19 October 2016, when a new minister of energy was appointed, but Gado remained Minister of Oil.[22][23]
On 31 July 2023, he was reportedly arrested, following the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état.[24][25][26]
References[edit]
- ^ Profile of Foumakoye Gado
- ^ a b c d "Foumakoye Gado", Africa Mining Intelligence, number 249, Africa Intelligence, 27 April 2011.
- ^ Laplace, Manon. "Au Niger, Foumakoye Gado, fidèle parmi les fidèles d'Issoufou, confirmé à la tête du parti au pouvoir".
- ^ "Issoufou appoints new cabinet", West Africa Newsletter, number 610, 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Genese et évolution du PNDS" Archived 3 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine, PNDS website (accessed 17 May 2011) (in French).
- ^ "Arrêt no 93-10/cc du 18 mars 1993", Supreme Court of Niger, 18 March 1993 (in French).
- ^ "Arrêt no 93-3/cc du 1er février 1993", Supreme Court of Niger, 1 February 1993 (in French).
- ^ Bulletin de l'Afrique noire, issues 1,615–1,659 (1993), page 202 (in French).
- ^ Cahiers du communisme, volume 70, issues 1–4 (1994), French Communist Party, page 121 (in French).
- ^ "Gouvernements du Président Mahamane Ousmane" Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, official web site of the Nigerien presidency (in French).
- ^ Jibrin Ibrahim and Abdoulayi Niandou Souley, "The rise to power of an opposition party: the MNSD in Niger Republic", Politeia, volume 15, number 3, Unisa Press, 1996.
- ^ "Les suites de la manifestation du 11 janvier 1997" Archived 12 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Afrique Express (in French).
- ^ "Comité Exécutif National issu du 4ème Congrès Ordinaire, Niamey du 04 au 05 Septembre 2004" Archived 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PNDS website (in French).
- ^ "L'opposition accuse les autorités de détournement d'aide"[permanent dead link], Panapress, 16 August 2005 (in French).
- ^ "Comité Exécutif National issu du 5ème Congrès Ordinaire tenu à Niamey le 18 Juillet 2009" Archived 31 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, PNDS website (in French).
- ^ "Niger : un nouveau gouvernement aux couleurs du PNDS", Jeune Afrique, 21 April 2011 (in French).
- ^ "Niger unveils new government", Agence France-Presse, 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Le Chef de l'Etat signe un décret portant composition des membres du premier gouvernement de la 7ème République" Archived 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Le Sahel, 23 April 2011 (in French).
- ^ "Passation de service : au Ministère des Mines et de l'Energie" Archived 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Le Sahel, 26 April 2011 (in French).
- ^ "Le Chef de l'Etat procède à un réaménagement technique du gouvernement" Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Le Sahel, 13 September 2011 (in French).
- ^ "Composition du gouvernement de la République du Niger : La Renaissance "acte 2" en marche", ActuNiger, 11 April 2016 (in French).
- ^ "Liste des membres du nouveau gouvernement (Remaniement du mercredi 19 Octobre 2016)", ActuNiger, 19 October 2016 (in French).
- ^ Djibril Saidou, "43 ministres sans gros changements, les chefs de partis maintenus, la Renaissance "Allons seulement" !", ActuNiger, 19 October 2016 (in French).
- ^ "Live: Military junta arrest government ministers in Niger, says president's party". France24. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Nigerien new authorities must put an end to illegal administrative detentions and arbitrary arrests". Amnesty International. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Niger coupists detain Bazoum's men - Daily Trust". dailytrust.com. Retrieved 3 October 2023.