Oumarou Sidikou

Oumarou Sidikou (1937? – April 5, 2005[1]) was a Nigerien politician. He was Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)[1][2] from 1988 to 1993.[2] He was a member of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD)[1] and, following the January 1995 parliamentary election, which was won by an alliance that included the MNSD, Sidikou was appointed as Minister of State in charge of Industrial Development, Trade, the Craft Industry, and Tourism in the government of Prime Minister Hama Amadou on February 25, 1995.[3] This government was ousted in a military coup on January 27, 1996.

Sidikou is the father of Fatouma, Aïssa, Aboubakar, Hadizatou, Balkissa, Amadou, Ali, Rokhaya and Mohamed.

Sidikou was elected to the National Assembly in the November 1999 parliamentary election as an MNSD candidate in Tillabéri Department,[4] and in the parliamentary term that followed he served as President of the MNSD Parliamentary Group[5] and President of the Finance Commission.[6] He was re-elected to the National Assembly in the December 2004 parliamentary election[7] and became the First Vice-President of the National Assembly,[2] but he died in a hospital in Morocco in April 2005.[1]

References
  1. "Décès au MAroc du 1er vice-président de l'Assemblée nationale du Niger", aujourdhui.ma, April 8, 2005 (in French).
  2. "Page at the National Assembly of Niger website" (in French). Archived from the original on February 13, 2005. Retrieved 2013-10-02.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link).
  3. "GOUVERNEMENTS DU PRESIDENT MAHAMANE OUSMANE" Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine, official web site of the Nigerien presidency (in French).
  4. "List of deputies elected in the 1999 parliamentary election by constituency". Archived from the original on July 18, 2004. Retrieved 2004-07-18.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), National Assembly website (2004 archive) (in French).
  5. ""LISTE DES Députés PAR GROUPE PARLEMENTAIRE"". Archived from the original on July 18, 2004. Retrieved 2015-11-02.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), National Assembly website (2004 archive page) (in French).
  6. "List of commissions in the National Assembly". Archived from the original on July 18, 2004. Retrieved 2015-11-02.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), National Assembly web site (2004 archive page) (in French).
  7. "List of deputies elected in the 2004 election by constituency". Archived from the original on February 13, 2005. Retrieved 2015-11-02.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), National Assembly website (2005 archive page) (in French).


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