Aïchatou Mindaoudou
Aïchatou Mindaoudou | |
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Aïchatou Mindaoudou, 2023 | |
| Special Representative for Côte d'Ivoire and Head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) | |
| In office 2013–2017 | |
| Preceded by | (position established) |
| Succeeded by | (position abolished) |
| Deputy Joint Special Representative (Political) in the African Union–United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) | |
| In office 2011 – 2013 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Niger | |
| In office 1999 to 2001 – 2001 to 2010 | |
| President | Mahamadou Tandja |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 October 1959 Niger |
| Occupation | Diplomat, Politician |
Ms. Aïchatou Mindaoudou Souleymane (born 14 October 1959) is a Nigerien diplomat, an international and constitutional lawyer who served as the United Nations' Special Representative for Côte d'Ivoire and Head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) from 2013 to 2017. Previously she was Deputy Joint Special Representative (Political) in the African Union and United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur Sudan (UNAMID) from 2011 to 2012. From 2012 to 2013 she was the Acting Joint Special Representative and the Acting Joint Chief Mediator in UNAMID.
Ms. Aïchatou Mindaoudou served in the Government of Niger as Minister of Social Development from 1995 to 1996; subsequently she was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2001 to 2010.
Since 2017, she is a senior independent international consultant and she founded Ipiti Consulting.