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Ali Saibou

1940 - 2011

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Ali Saibou (17 June 1940 – 31 October 2011) was the third President of Niger from 1987 to 1993 succeeding the deceased military ruler Seyni Kountché. A member of the Djerma people, he was born in Dingajibanda, a village in the Ouallam arrondissement. Although from Kountché's home village, Saibou is not a cousin. He became interested in a military career early on, and attended the Saint-Louis preparatory school in Senegal from 1954, then joined the First Senegalese Tirailleurs Regiment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Saibou is the 10,078th most popular politician (down from 6,049th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Niger (down from 6th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Nigerien Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ali Saibou ranks 10,078 out of 19,576. Before him are Girolamo Priuli, Leon Panetta, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Johnson Toribiong, Claudius Silvanus, and Patriarch Daniel of Romania. After him are Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, Lord William Bentinck, Muse Bihi Abdi, Benigno Aquino III, and Leni Robredo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Ali Saibou ranks 199. Before him are Vagif Mustafazadeh, Craig Brown, Stephen Kovacevich, Vyacheslav Ivankov, Franz Müntefering, and Roger Pingeon. After him are Raoni Metuktire, Barbara Valentin, Samuel Little, Fleur Jaeggy, Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Manfred Mann. Among people deceased in 2011, Ali Saibou ranks 138. Before him are Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jack Kevorkian, Cy Twombly, Lazar Mojsov, Frederick Chiluba, and María Elena Walsh. After him are Édouard Glissant, Hella Haasse, Jean Bartik, Josef Suk, Peter Yates, and Ladislav Novák.

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In Niger

Among people born in Niger, Ali Saibou ranks 8 out of 26. Before him are Mamadou Tandja (1938), Mahamadou Issoufou (1952), Hamani Diori (1916), Seyni Kountché (1931), Mohamed Bazoum (1960), and Abdourahamane Tchiani (1961). After him are Mahamane Ousmane (1948), Daouda Malam Wanké (1946), Brigi Rafini (1953), Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949), Issake Dabore (1940), and Ismaël Lô (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In Niger

Among politicians born in Niger, Ali Saibou ranks 8. Before him are Mamadou Tandja (1938), Mahamadou Issoufou (1952), Hamani Diori (1916), Seyni Kountché (1931), Mohamed Bazoum (1960), and Abdourahamane Tchiani (1961). After him are Mahamane Ousmane (1948), Daouda Malam Wanké (1946), Brigi Rafini (1953), Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949), Hama Amadou (1950), and Ali Lamine Zeine (1965).

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