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Aïssata Moumouni

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Aïssata Moumouni
Minister of National Education
In office
21 December 1996 – 9 April 1999
PresidentIbrahim Baré Maïnassara
Preceded byBouli Ali Diallo
Minister of Social Affairs and Women
In office
1989 – 10 September 1991
PresidentAli Saibou
Succeeded byAïssata Bagna
Personal details
Born(1939-10-19)19 October 1939
Died21 June 2021(2021-06-21) (aged 81)
SpouseAbdou Moumouni Dioffo
OccupationTeacher
politician

Aïssata Moumouni (19 October 1939 – 21 June 2021) was a Nigerien teacher and politician, who served multiple times as a minister. A member of the Nigerien Women's Association, she was also the first woman in the country to be a member of a government.

Biography

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Born in 1939,[1] Aïssata Moumouni pursued higher education in France and later earned a doctorate in mathematics in 1983 from Paris Diderot University, with a dissertation titled Study of Some Pedagogical and Linguistic Problems Concerning the Teaching of Mathematics in Niger.[2]

A teacher and founder of a private school in Niamey in the mid-1980s, and a member of the Nigerien Women's Association (AFN), she was appointed in 1987 as Secretary of State for Public Health, Social Affairs, and Women's Affairs, making her the first woman to be a member of the government in her country.[3] Two years later, she became the first female minister by serving as Minister of Social Affairs and Women from 1989 to 1991.[4], and later as Minister of National Education from 1996 to 1999. She was married to Abdou Moumouni Dioffo, the first agrégé in physical sciences in Francophone Africa and a specialist in alternative energy. She died in June 2021.[1][2]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b "Hommage à Aïssata Moumouni". Télé Sahel (television news, video) (in French). June 29, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Djibril Baré (August 2, 2021). "In memoriam: Merci Docteure Aissata Kané Moumouni". ActuNiger (in French).
  3. ^ "Niger: L'ancien président Hamani Diori n'est plus en résidence surveillée". Le Monde (in French). November 22, 1987.
  4. ^ Stéphanie Tesson; Monique Clesca (2013). "Aïssata Moumouni, pionnière au sommet de l'État". 100 femmes du Niger (in French). UNFPA. p. 39.