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Mohamed Abdoulahi

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Mohamed Abdoulahi is a Nigerian politician who served in the government of Niger as minister of mines and energy from 2004 to 2010, under President Mamadou Tandja.

Political career

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Abdoulahi was president of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS-Amana) from 1992[1][2] to 1996. He then joined the Support Committee for Ibrahim Maïnassara Baré (COSIMBA) and Maïnassara's ruling party, the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP-Jama'a). Later, following Maïnassara's assassination, Abdoulahi became a technical adviser to Prime Minister Hama Amadou and joined the ruling National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) in 2004; in the December 2004 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Assembly as an MNSD candidate.[1]

Abdoulahi served only briefly in the National Assembly before being appointed to the government as minister of mines and energy on 30 December 2004.[3] He remained in that position in the government formed on 9 June 2007 under Prime Minister Seyni Oumarou.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gouvernement du 1er mars 2007 : Iniquité et part du lion du MNSD", Roue de l'Histoire, number 342, 7 March 2007 (in French).
  2. ^ History of the UDPS-Amana (in French).
  3. ^ "Gouvernments de la transition de Tandja Mamadou" Archived 2009-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, official Nigerien presidency web site (in French).
  4. ^ "Niger : President Mamadou Tandja approves new govt."[permanent dead link], African Press Agency, 9 June 2007.