Ousseini Tinni

Ousseini Tinni
Ousseini Tinni in 2016
President of the National Assembly
In office
25 March 2016 – 23 March 2021
Preceded byAmadou Salifou
Succeeded bySeyni Oumarou
Personal details
Born (1954-12-10) 10 December 1954 (age 70)
Tinoma, Dosso Region, Niger
Political partyNigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism

Ousseini Tinni (born 10 December 1954)[1] is a Nigerien politician of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism. He was President of the National Assembly from 25 March 2016 until 23 March 2021.

Career

Tinni was born in Tinoma, in the Dosso Region. He went to high school in Marseille, France, and subsequently attended the Ecole Supérieure et des Techniques Economiques in Lomé, Togo. Tinni later worked as a civil servant at several government ministries and departments.[1]

In the February 2016 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the PNDS. On 25 March 2016 he was elected President of the National Assembly with 109 out of 118 votes in favor.[1][2] Opposition deputies boycotted the vote.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bio-express de SEM. Tinni Ousseini, nouveau président de l'Assemblée Nationale : Une expérience solide dans les domaines de la gestion, de l'administration, de l'économie et des transports" (in French). tamtam.info. 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. ^ Mathieu Olivier (25 March 2016). "Niger : Ousseini Tinni, député du PNDS, nouveau président de l'Assemblée nationale" (in French). Jeune Afrique. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  3. ^ "M. Ousseini Tinni élu nouveau Président de l'Assemblée Nationale du Niger" (in Dutch). Agence Nigerienne de Presse. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  4. ^ Klaas van Walraven (9 April 2019). A Decade of Niger: Politics, Economy and Society 2008-2017. BRILL. p. 101. ISBN 978-90-04-40144-0.