Lalla Malika Issoufou

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Lalla Malika Issoufou
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First Lady of Niger
In role
7 April 2011 – 2 April 2021
PresidentMahamadou Issoufou
Preceded by
Position vacant 2010-2011
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born (1975-02-14) 14 February 1975 (age 46)
Niamey, Niger
Spouse(s)Mahamadou Issoufou
ChildrenThree
Alma materAbdou Moumouni University

Lalla Malika Issoufou (born 14 February 1975) is a Nigerien medical doctor and patron of many charities. She served as First Lady of Niger, alongside Aïssata Issoufou Mahamadou, from 7 April 2011 to 2 April 2021 as the second wife of President Mahamadou Issoufou.

Career[]

Lalla Malika Issoufou was born on 14 February 1975 in Niamey, Niger. She holds a doctorate in medicine from the Abdou Moumouni University and worked at the National Hospital in Niamey from January 2001 to September 2003. Issoufou studied at Paris Diderot University in 2004-05 and was awarded a diploma in the treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, she also studied at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in 2005-06 and received a diploma in tropical medicine. In October 2011 she was made president of the Tattali Iyali Foundation, a non-governmental organisation that treats infectious diseases in Niger. She is a patron of more than 27 other Nigerien societies and organisations largely related to health, women's rights, children's rights and education.[1]

Issoufou, via the Tattali Iyali Foundation, regularly presents food to the personnel serving in the Niger Armed Forces and their wives during Ramadan.[2] The foundation aims to improve the conditions of women and children in Niger; to improve the nutrition of pregnant women and children under five (and so reduce infant and maternal mortality) and to fight the illegal sale and counterfeiting of medicines.[3] Issoufou has written on the dangers that obstetric fistulas present to Nigerien women during childbirth.[4]

Issoufou is married to the former Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou and they have three children.[1] She shared the position of First Lady of Niger with Issoufou's first wife, Aïssata Issoufou Mahamadou.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Her Excellency – Dr. Lalla Malika Issoufou MAHAMADOU". Centre for Economic and Leadership Development. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Don de la Première Dame Dr Lalla Malika Issoufou aux épouses des agents des Forces de Défense et de Sécurité de Niamey : La Première Dame exprime son soutien et sa solidarité aux FDS | Tamtaminfo". Tam Tam (in French). 2 July 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Entretien avec la première dame du Niger, Madame le docteur Lalla Malika Issoufou Mahamadou, présidente de la Fondation Tattali-Iyali | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". Adiac Congo (in French). 2 March 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. ^ "La lutte contre la fistule obstétricale, un combat pour la dignité humaine - L'info qu'il vous faut au Niger". Ici Niger (in French). 4 October 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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