Foumakoye Gado

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Foumakoye Gado (2011)

Foumakoye Gado (born c. 1961[1]) is a Nigerien politician who is currently serving as the Secretary-General of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya). He served in the government of Niger as Minister of Mines and Energy from April 1993 to October 1994 and he 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[]

Gado studied physics at the University of Niamey and received a doctorate degree; later, he was a professor at the same university.[1] He was a founding member of the PNDS-Tarayya, a political party created under the leadership of Mahamadou Issoufou in the early 1990s,[2] and acquired a reputation as a firm loyalist of Issoufou.[1] At the PNDS Constitutive General Assembly, held on 23–24 December 1990, he was designated as the First Deputy Secretary-General of the PNDS.[3]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Niger in the February 1993 parliamentary election[1][4] as a PNDS candidate in Dosso constituency.[5] 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.[6] At the same time, he was also Deputy Secretary-General of the PNDS.[7] He served as Minister of Mines and Energy until October 1994,[8] when the PNDS withdrew from the ruling coalition and went into opposition.[9]

Gado was among those arrested following an opposition demonstration on 11 January 1997.[10] At the Fourth Ordinary Congress of the PNDS, held on 4–5 September 2004, Gado was elected as its Secretary-General.[11]

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.[12] He was re-elected as PNDS Secretary-General at the party's Fifth Ordinary Congress, held on 18 July 2009.[13]

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.[14][15][16] He took over the ministry from his predecessor, , on 23 April 2011.[17]

President Issoufou modified the government on 12 September 2011, separating the mining portfolio from energy; he appointed as Minister of State for Mines and Industrial Development, while Gado was instead appointed as Minister of Energy and Oil.[18] 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.[19] His portfolio was modified on 19 October 2016, when a new minister of energy was appointed, but Gado remained Minister of Oil.[20][21]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Foumakoye Gado", Africa Mining Intelligence, number 249, Africa Intelligence, 27 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Issoufou appoints new cabinet", West Africa Newsletter, number 610, 21 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Genese et évolution du PNDS" Archived 3 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine, PNDS website (accessed 17 May 2011) (in French).
  4. ^ "Arrêt no 93-10/cc du 18 mars 1993", Supreme Court of Niger, 18 March 1993 (in French).
  5. ^ "Arrêt no 93-3/cc du 1er février 1993", Supreme Court of Niger, 1 February 1993 (in French).
  6. ^ Bulletin de l'Afrique noire, issues 1,615–1,659 (1993), page 202 (in French).
  7. ^ Cahiers du communisme, volume 70, issues 1–4 (1994), French Communist Party, page 121 (in French).
  8. ^ "Gouvernements du Président Mahamane Ousmane" Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, official web site of the Nigerien presidency (in French).
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Les suites de la manifestation du 11 janvier 1997" Archived 12 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Afrique Express (in French).
  11. ^ "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).
  12. ^ "L'opposition accuse les autorités de détournement d'aide"[permanent dead link], Panapress, 16 August 2005 (in French).
  13. ^ "Comité Exécutif National issu du 5ème Congrès Ordinaire tenu à Niamey le 18 Juillet 2009", PNDS website (in French).
  14. ^ "Niger : un nouveau gouvernement aux couleurs du PNDS", Jeune Afrique, 21 April 2011 (in French).
  15. ^ "Niger unveils new government", Agence France-Presse, 21 April 2011.
  16. ^ "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).
  17. ^ "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).
  18. ^ "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).
  19. ^ "Composition du gouvernement de la République du Niger : La Renaissance "acte 2" en marche", ActuNiger, 11 April 2016 (in French).
  20. ^ "Liste des membres du nouveau gouvernement (Remaniement du mercredi 19 Octobre 2016)", ActuNiger, 19 October 2016 (in French).
  21. ^ Djibril Saidou, "43 ministres sans gros changements, les chefs de partis maintenus, la Renaissance "Allons seulement" !", ActuNiger, 19 October 2016 (in French).
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