Ali Lamine Zeine

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Ali Lamine Zeine
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Zeine in 2008
Prime Minister of Niger
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 August 2023

Ali Lamine Zeine was born in 1965 in Zinder and graduated from the Centre for Financial, Economic and Banking Studies in Marseille and Paris-I. He has worked as a resident representative of the African Development Bank in Chad, Ivory Coast and Gabon. [5]

After serving as Director of the Cabinet of President Mamadou Tandja, [6] Zeine was appointed to the government as Minister of the Economy and Finance on 24 October 2003. [7]

In 2009, a newspaper editor, Boussada Ben Ali, alleged that Zeine had stolen money that was part of an oil contract between Niger and China. Ben Ali was arrested on 23 January 2009 and on 6 February 2009 sentenced to three months in prison for disseminating false information . [8]

Tandja was ousted in a military coup on 18 February 2010 and his government was dissolved. As one of Tandja's key associates, Zeine was one of only three ministers who were not promptly released from house arrest in the days after the coup. [9] According to one of the junta leaders, Colonel Djibrilla Hima Hamidou, the ministers "still under surveillance" had held "very sensitive portfolios" and therefore it was necessary "to ensure their security". The MNSD called for the release of Zeine, Tandja, and the others. [10] [11]

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  2. ↑ "Niger junta appoints transitional prime minister". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Officiel : voici la liste des membres du gouvernement de Transition". www.actuniger.com (in French). 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Photos des ministres - Ministère des Finances du NIGER". www.finances.gouv.ne.
  5. ↑ "Niger : Ali Lamine Zeine nommé premier ministre par les putschistes, une émissaire américaine reconnaît des discussions « difficiles »". Le Monde.fr (in French). 7 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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  7. ↑ "GOUVERNEMENTS DE LA TRANSITION DE TANDJA MAMADOU" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine , official website of the Nigerien presidency (in French).
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