Ali Lamine Zeine

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Ali Lamine Zeine
File:Ali Lamine Zeine, IMF 2008.jpg
Ali Lamine Zeine in 2008
Prime Minister of Niger
Assumed office
8 August 2023
President Abdourahamane Tchiani
Preceded by Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
10 August 2023
President Abdourahamane Tchiani
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Ahmat Jidoud
In office
24 October 2003 – 18 February 2010
President Mamadou Tandja
Prime Minister Hama Amadou
Seyni Oumarou
Preceded by Ali Badjo Gamatie
Succeeded by Mamane Malam Annou
Personal details
Born Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine
1965 (age 58–59)
Zinder, Niger

Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine (born 1965) is a Nigerien politician and economist who is currently serving as the prime minister of Niger since 2023. He was appointed prime minister by the Niger military junta on 8 August 2023,[1][2] and appointed finance minister on 10 August 2023.[3] He previously served as minister of the Economy and Finance from 2003 to 2010.[4]

Biography

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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]

After 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 sentenced to three months in prison for disseminating false information on 6 February 2009.[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]

References

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  6. ↑ Cherif Ouazani, "Ali Lamine Zeine", Jeuneafrique.com, 7 November 2004 Script error: No such module "In lang"..
  7. ↑ "GOUVERNEMENTS DE LA TRANSITION DE TANDJA MAMADOU" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the Nigerien presidency Script error: No such module "In lang"..
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  9. ↑ "Niger coup leaders promise fresh elections", BBC News, 21 February 2010.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Niger
2023–present		 Incumbent

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