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Mahamadou Issoufou

Politician

Mahamadou Issoufou is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mahamadou Issoufou · Mahamadou Issoufu · Μαχαμαντού Ισουφού · Махамаду Іссуфу · Махамаду Ісуфу · 10 more...				[sources]
Other name	Issoufou Mahamadou · Mamadou Issoufou · Μαχαμαντού Ισούφου · Иссуфу, Махамаду				[sources]
Weak alias	马哈马杜·伊素福				[sources]
Birth date	1952				[sources]
Place of birth	Dandadji				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Niger				[sources]
Citizenship	Niger				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Mahamadou				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57482				[sources]
Position	Member of the National Assembly of Niger (1993-2009) · President of Niger (2011-2021) · Prime Minister of Niger (1993-1994)				[sources]
Education	Pierre and Marie Curie University · École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne				[sources]
Ethnicity	Hausa people				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of Niger from 2011 to 2021

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-08-07

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Aïssata Issoufou Mahamadou Close Associate	spouse	-	-
Lalla Malika Issoufou Politician	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Assembly of Niger	1993-01-01	2009-01-01
President of Niger	2011-04-07

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories358,709

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,230

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Wikidata333,115

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,091

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