Amadou Salifou | |
|---|---|
 Salifou in 2015 | |
| President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 24 November 2014 –25 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Hama Amadou, Daouda Marté (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ousseini Tinni |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | National Movement for the Development of Society (until 2013),Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (since 2013) |
Amadou Salifou is a Nigerien politician who was President of the National Assembly of Niger from 2014 to 2016.
Salifou is a Zarma from the Niamey suburb of Goudel. [1] He was elected to the National Assembly three times. Salifou also served twice as president of the council of Niamey. [2]
Salifou was suspended from the National Movement for the Development of Society in 2013 for supporting Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou. [3] On 24 November 2014,four days after Hama Amadou was removed from his post as President of the National Assembly by the Constitutional Court,Salifou was elected to replace Amadou;he received 71 out of 113 votes from the deputies of the National Assembly. [2]
Salifou lost his seat in the 2016 general election. He was replaced as President of the National Assembly by Ousseini Tinni on 25 March 2016. [4]
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