Foumakoye Gado Explained

Foumakoye Gado (born 1950[1] [2]) is a Nigerien politician who is currently the President of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya).[3] He served in the government of Niger as Minister of Mines and Energy from April 1993 to October 1994, and 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.[2] He was a founding member of the PNDS-Tarayya, a political party created under the leadership of Mahamadou Issoufou in the early 1990s,[4] and acquired a reputation as a firm loyalist of Issoufou.[2] At the PNDS Constitutive General Assembly, held on 23 - 24 December 1990, he was designated as the First Deputy Secretary-General of the PNDS.[5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Niger in the February 1993 parliamentary election[2] [6] as a PNDS candidate in Dosso constituency.[7] 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.[8] At the same time, he was also Deputy Secretary-General of the PNDS.[9] He served as Minister of Mines and Energy until October 1994,[10] when the PNDS withdrew from the ruling coalition and went into opposition.[11]

Gado was among those arrested following an opposition demonstration on 11 January 1997.[12] At the Fourth Ordinary Congress of the PNDS, held on 4 - 5 September 2004, Gado was elected as its Secretary-General.[13]

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.[14] He was re-elected as PNDS Secretary-General at the party's Fifth Ordinary Congress, held on 18 July 2009.[15]

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.[16] [17] [18] He took over the ministry from his predecessor, Djibo Salamatou Gourouza Magagi, on 23 April 2011.[19]

President Issoufou modified the government on 12 September 2011, separating the mining portfolio from energy; he appointed Omar Hamidou Tchiana as Minister of State for Mines and Industrial Development, while Gado was instead appointed as Minister of Energy and Oil.[20] 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.[21] His portfolio was modified on 19 October 2016, when a new minister of energy was appointed, but Gado remained Minister of Oil.[22] [23]

On 31 July 2023, he was reportedly arrested, following the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état.[24] [25] [26]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=ArS6_nGsar4C&dq=Foumakoye+Gado+1950&pg=PA230 Profile of Foumakoye Gado
  2. http://www.africaintelligence.com/AMA/who-s-who/2011/04/27/foumakoye-gado%2C89629760-ART-login "Foumakoye Gado"
  3. Web site: Au Niger, Foumakoye Gado, fidèle parmi les fidèles d'Issoufou, confirmé à la tête du parti au pouvoir. Manon . Laplace.
  4. http://www.africaintelligence.com/LCE/power-players/2011/04/21/issoufou-appoints-new-cabinet%2C89481400-ART-login "Issoufou appoints new cabinet"
  5. http://pnds-tarayya.net/pages/pages.php?title=genese-et-evolution-du-pnds "Genese et évolution du PNDS"
  6. https://archive.today/20130704020817/http://droit.francophonie.org/df-web/publication.do?publicationId=548 "Arrêt no 93-10/cc du 18 mars 1993"
  7. https://archive.today/20130704014401/http://droit.francophonie.org/df-web/publication.do?publicationId=1024 "Arrêt no 93-3/cc du 1er février 1993"
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=nAYQAQAAMAAJ&q=Foumakoye+Gado Bulletin de l'Afrique noire, issues 1,615 - 1,659
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=R47mAAAAMAAJ&q=Foumakoye+Gado Cahiers du communisme, volume 70, issues 1 - 4
  10. http://www.presidence.ne/PagesHtm/GouvMahamaneOusmane.htm "Gouvernements du Président Mahamane Ousmane"
  11. 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.
  12. http://www.afrique-express.com/archive/OUEST/niger/pol/arrestationniger.htm "Les suites de la manifestation du 11 janvier 1997"
  13. http://pnds-tarayya.net/pnds/docs/Comite_Executif_National_PNDS_2004.pdf "Comité Exécutif National issu du 4ème Congrès Ordinaire, Niamey du 04 au 05 Septembre 2004"
  14. http://www.panapress.com/freenewspor.asp?code=fre098861&dte=16/08/2005 "L'opposition accuse les autorités de détournement d'aide"
  15. http://pnds-tarayya.net/pnds/docs/Comite_Executif_National_PNDS_Juillet_2009.pdf "Comité Exécutif National issu du 5ème Congrès Ordinaire tenu à Niamey le 18 Juillet 2009"
  16. http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20110421190315/niger-gouvernement-defense-minesniger-un-nouveau-gouvernement-aux-couleurs-du-pnds.html "Niger : un nouveau gouvernement aux couleurs du PNDS"
  17. https://archive.today/20121209053120/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hrUZ25C1HS80AY3U2sLrLWEVaXMg?docId=CNG.3c64af4b2c0bdbe339ac666532a976d8.231 "Niger unveils new government"
  18. http://www.lesahel.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7125:le-chef-de-letat-signe-un-decret-portant-composition-des-membres-du-premier-gouvernement-de-la-7eme-republique&catid=34:actualites&Itemid=53 "Le Chef de l'Etat signe un décret portant composition des membres du premier gouvernement de la 7ème République"
  19. http://www.lesahel.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7127:passation-de-service--au-ministere-des-mines-et-de-lenergie&catid=34:actualites&Itemid=53 "Passation de service : au Ministère des Mines et de l'Energie"
  20. http://www.lesahel.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8338:le-chef-de-letat-procede-a-un-reamenagement-technique-du-gouvernement&catid=34:actualites&Itemid=53 "Le Chef de l'Etat procède à un réaménagement technique du gouvernement"
  21. http://www.actuniger.com/politique/11481-composition-du-gouvernement-de-la-r%C3%A9publique-du-niger-la-renaissance-%C2%AB-acte-2-%C2%BB-en-marche.html "Composition du gouvernement de la République du Niger : La Renaissance "acte 2" en marche"
  22. http://www.actuniger.com/politique/12183-liste-des-membres-du-nouveau-gouvernement-remaniement-du-mercredi-19-octobre-2016.html "Liste des membres du nouveau gouvernement (Remaniement du mercredi 19 Octobre 2016)"
  23. Djibril Saidou, "43 ministres sans gros changements, les chefs de partis maintenus, la Renaissance "Allons seulement" !", ActuNiger, 19 October 2016 .
  24. Web site: Live: Military junta arrest government ministers in Niger, says president's party . . 31 July 2023.
  25. Web site: 2023-08-01 . Nigerien new authorities must put an end to illegal administrative detentions and arbitrary arrests . 2023-10-03 . Amnesty International . en.
  26. Web site: Niger coupists detain Bazoum’s men - Daily Trust . 2023-10-03 . dailytrust.com.

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