Aïchatou Maïnassara (16 August 1971 – 5 April 2020) [1] was a Nigerien politician and member of the Nigerien Patriotic Movement. [1]
Prior to entering politics, Maïnassara worked at the Nigerien Ministry of Finance in Tahoua. [1]
Maïnassara was elected to the Niger National Assembly in the 2016 Nigerien general election in the country's Dosso Region [1] for the Nigerien Patriotic Movement. Her party won five seats of the 171 in Parliament and became part of the government coalition. [2] She was the only female MP in her party and one of twenty-nine female members of the National Assembly. [3]
In 2019 she broke ranks with other members of her party by announcing support for the President Mahamadou Issoufou. [4]
After her death in 2020 she was succeeded in her parliamentary seat by Hadjia Mallam Makka. [5]
Maïnassara was born in the Niger capital Niamey in 1971. She had seven children. [1]
She died on 5 April 2020 at the age of 48 and was buried at the Muslim Cemetery in Niamey. [6]
Aïchatou Maïnassara (16 August 1971 – 5 April 2020) [1] was a Nigerien politician and member of the Nigerien Patriotic Movement. [1]
Prior to entering politics, Maïnassara worked at the Nigerien Ministry of Finance in Tahoua. [1]
Maïnassara was elected to the Niger National Assembly in the 2016 Nigerien general election in the country's Dosso Region [1] for the Nigerien Patriotic Movement. Her party won five seats of the 171 in Parliament and became part of the government coalition. [2] She was the only female MP in her party and one of twenty-nine female members of the National Assembly. [3]
In 2019 she broke ranks with other members of her party by announcing support for the President Mahamadou Issoufou. [4]
After her death in 2020 she was succeeded in her parliamentary seat by Hadjia Mallam Makka. [5]
Maïnassara was born in the Niger capital Niamey in 1971. She had seven children. [1]
She died on 5 April 2020 at the age of 48 and was buried at the Muslim Cemetery in Niamey. [6]