Amadou Salifou
{{Short description|Nigerien politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
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|office = President of the National Assembly
|term_start = 24 November 2014
|term_end = 25 March 2016
|predecessor = Hama Amadou
|successor = Ousseini Tinni
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|party = Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism {{resize|(since 2013)}}
|otherparty = National Movement for the Development of Society
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Amadou Salifou is a Nigerien politician who was President of the National Assembly of Niger from 2014 to 2016.
Life and career
Salifou is a Zarma from the Niamey suburb of Goudel.{{cite web|author=Rémi Carayol |url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/38514/politique/niger-amadou-salifou-le-joker-d-issoufou/ |title=Niger : Amadou Salifou, le joker d'Issoufou |language=French |publisher=Jeune Afrique |date=2 December 2014 |accessdate=18 December 2015}} He was elected to the National Assembly three times. Salifou also served twice as president of the council of Niamey.{{cite web |url=http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20141124-niger-president-parlement-fuite-remplace-amidou-salifou-hama-amadou |title=Niger: Amadou Salifou élu président du Parlement |language=French |publisher=Radio France Internationale |date=25 November 2014 |accessdate=18 December 2015}}
Salifou was suspended from the National Movement for the Development of Society in 2013 for supporting Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou.{{cite book|title=Africa Yearbook Volume 11: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F628CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA125|date=8 October 2015|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-30505-2|pages=125–}} On 24 November 2014, four days after Hama Amadou was removed from his post as President of the National Assembly by the Constitutional Court, Salifou was elected to replace Amadou; he received 71 out of 113 votes from the deputies of the National Assembly.
Salifou lost his seat in the 2016 general election. He was replaced as President of the National Assembly by Ousseini Tinni on 25 March 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.actuniger.com/politique/11412-ousseini-tinni,-député-du-pnds,-nouveau-président-de-l′assemblée-nationale-du-niger.html |title=Ousseini Tinni, député du PNDS, nouveau président de l'Assemblée nationale du Niger |language=French |publisher=ActuNiger |date=25 March 2016 |accessdate=26 March 2016}}
References
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Category:National Movement for the Development of Society politicians
Category:Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism politicians
Category:Presidents of the National Assembly (Niger)
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