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Issa Lamine is a
Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesToubou The Toubou or Tubu (from Old Tebu, meaning "rock people") are an ethnic group native to the Tibesti Mountains that inhabit the central Sahara in northern Chad, southern Libya and northeastern Niger. They live either as herders and nomads or a ...
-based ''Front Democratique Revolutionnaire'', one of several rebel groups operating in the far north and east of Niger in the late 1990s. Lamine entered government as a representative of the eastern town of N'Gourti in 2000. As a member of the
Democratic and Social Convention The Democratic and Social Convention - Rahama (french: Convention démocratique et sociale-Rahama, CDS-Rahama) is a political party in Niger. History It was founded in January 1991. In the February 1993 parliamentary elections the party won 22 ...
(CDS-Rahama), he was a Deputy in the
National Assembly of Niger The unicameral National Assembly (''Assemblée nationale'') is Niger's legislative body. The National Assembly may propose laws and is required to approve all legislation. History The National Assembly was established through reforms of the Col ...
and then served in the government of Niger as Minister of Public Health from 2007 to 2009. He left the CDS-Rahama in 2009 and was elected to the National Assembly as an
independent candidate An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views th ...
.


Rebel leader

In the late 1990s Lamine was "Head of External Affairs", later overall leader, of the Toubou-based ''Front Democratique Revolutionnaire'' rebel movement active in the southern part of the Kaouar region.


Political leader

Following the 1999 coup and return to civilian rule, Lamine became political leader from his base in N'Gourti, and from 5 January 2000 served as Minister in a series of governments. He was named Nigerien Minister of Youth and Sport in the first government of the Nigerien Fifth Republic, keeping this portfolio through a change in personnel on 17 September 2001. Lamine served in this second government, also under
MNSD-Nassara The National Movement for the Development of Society (french: Mouvement National pour la Société du Développement, MNSD-Nassara) is a political party in Niger. Founded under the military government of the 1974–1990 period, it was the ruli ...
Prime Minister
Hama Amadou Hama Amadou (born 1949) is a Nigerien politician who was Prime Minister of Niger from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2007. He was also Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD-Nassara) from 1991 to 200 ...
, until 9 November 2002. Both these appointments were as an independent, represented officially as leader of the former rebel FDR.
on 23 January 2009. On that occasion, he credited the non-governmental organizations Sentinelles, Campaner, and Hilfsaktion for their work combating the disease in different parts of Niger.


2009-2011 political crisis

After the CDS chose to withdraw from the government to protest President
Mamadou Tandja Mamadou Tandja (1938 – 24 November 2020) was a Nigerien politician who was President of Niger from 1999 to 2010. He was President of the National Movement for the Development Society (MNSD) from 1991 to 1999 and unsuccessfully ran as the MNSD ...
's plans for a constitutional referendum, Lamine and the other CDS ministers were replaced on 29 June 2009. When the CDS decided to boycott the October 2009 parliamentary election, along with the other major opposition parties, Lamine ignored the boycott and stood as an independent candidate"Issa Lamine candidat"
, ''La Hache Nouvelle'', issue 150, 5 October 2009, page 4 . in N'Gourti, which was considered his electoral stronghold. He won a seat in the National Assembly, and when the National Assembly began meeting for the new parliamentary term in November 2009, he joined the nine-member Independent Parliamentary Group, which was composed of independents and deputies from small parties. He was also chosen as President of the General and Institutional Affairs Commission, one of the National Assembly's seven
standing committee A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more ...
s, at that time. In February 2010, the military seized power in a ''coup d'état'', dissolving the National Assembly after it had been sitting for only three months. Lamine thus lost his parliamentary seat, but he was appointed as Special Adviser to the President of the
Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy The Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (French: ''Conseil suprême pour la Restauration de la Démocratie'', or CSRD), led by Salou Djibo, was a military junta that staged a coup in Niger on 18 February 2010, deposing President Mama ...
, Salou Djibo, in March 2010; he was also given the rank of minister. Following the January 2011 parliamentary election, Issa was accused by local military governors in N'Gourti and
Diffa Region Diffa is one of the seven Regions of Niger, located in the southeast of the country. The capital of the region is Diffa. Geography Diffa Region is situated in the extreme southeast of Niger between 10° 30’ and 15° 35’ longitude East and ...
of attempting to fix the elections in N'Gourti by orchestrating the kidnap of election officials, and organizing groups of his CDS-Rahama supporters and ex-combatants from his 1990s rebel group to attack areas presumed loyal to rivals.ELECTIONS LÉGISLATIVES DE N’GOURTI: Rapports accablants contre Issa Lamine...
Ibrahim Elhadj dit Hima (Roue de l’Histoire n° 552 24 March 2011)


References

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