predecessor successor birth_place president party office primeminister birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
salou the restoration of democracy -rrb- amadou cheiffou djibo -lrb- chairperson of the supreme council for souley abdoulaye dandaji , french west africa -lrb- now niger -rrb- mahamane ousmane nigerien party for democracy and socialism president of niger prime minister of niger brigi rafini 1952 7 april 2011 17 april 1993 aïssata issoufou malika issoufou mahamadou mahamadou issoufou-img 3648.jpg mahamadou issoufou
 28 september 1994 mahamadou issoufou
mahamadou issoufou

mahamadou issoufou -lrb- born 1952 -rrb- is a nigerien politician who has been president of niger since 7 april 2011 .
issoufou was prime minister of niger from 1993 to 1994 , president of the national assembly from 1995 to 1996 , and he has been a candidate in each presidential election since 1993 .
he led the nigerien party for democracy and socialism -lrb- pnds-tarayya -rrb- , a social democratic party , from its foundation in 1990 until his election as president of niger in 2011 .
during the presidency of mamadou tandja -lrb- 1999 -- 2010 -rrb- , issoufou was the main opposition leader .
