Ide Oumarou (1937 – 12 February 2002) was a
Nigerien diplomat, government minister, and journalist. He served as ambassador to the United Nations between 1980 and 1983.
He then served as the
foreign minister
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...
between 1983 and 1985 and was
secretary-general of the
Organisation of African Unity between 1985 and 1988. He was educated at the
Ecole William Ponty in Dakar and
IHEOM in Paris. He was an editor and journalist at the Niger Ministry of Information, serving as editor of state paper ''Le Niger'' from 1961 to 1963. He became director general of Information from 1963 to 1972, and then became director of Posts and Telecommunication for the Ministry. Following the 1974 Nigerien Coup d'Ă©tat, he became cabinet chief and assistant to Military Head of State
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*Seyni Garba, Nigerien army general
*Seyni Kountché (1931–1987), Nigerien military officer and president
*Seyni N'Diaye (born 1973), Senegalese football player
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, becoming a particularly close adviser.
In July 1988, Oumarou was nominated to serve a second term as OAU General Secretary, but lost to Tanzania's
Salim Salim.
After the death of Kountche, Oumarou became a cabinet adviser to new president, General
Ali Saibou, who appointed him a Minister of State without portfolio.
Also a successful author, Oumarou's first book, entitled ''Gros Plan'', won the 1978 ''Grand Prix Litteraire d' Afrique Francaise.''
References
1937 births
2002 deaths
Nigerien diplomats
Foreign ministers of Niger
Permanent Representatives of Niger to the United Nations
Nigerian male writers
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