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Hamani Diori

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Diori, Hamani 

Born June 16, 1916, in Soudouré, Niger. Statesman of Niger.

Diori by training and profession is a teacher. He was one of the founders of the Niger Progressive Party in 1946. From 1946 to 1951 and from 1956 to 1959 he was a deputy to the French National Assembly from Niger, and from 1957 to 1959 he was its vice-chairman. In 1951 he became secretary general of the Niger Progressive Party. In December 1958 he headed the government of autonomous Niger; from 1960 to 1974 he was president and head of the government of independent Niger.



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The politics of this former French colony, which gained its independence in 1960, have been plagued by military coups ever since the country's first president, Hamani Diori, was deposed in 1974.
 
 
 
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