Mohamed Bazoum
Mohamed Bazoum | |
|---|---|
محمد بازوم | |
Bazoum in 2023 | |
| 10th President of Niger | |
| In office 2 April 2021 – 26 July 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou |
| Preceded by | Mahamadou Issoufou |
| Succeeded by | Abdourahamane Tchiani |
| President of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism | |
| In office March 2011 – 20 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mahamadou Issoufou |
| Succeeded by | Foumakoye Gado |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 13 April 2016 – 1 April 2021 | |
| President | Mahamadou Issoufou |
| Prime Minister | Brigi Rafini |
| Preceded by | Hassoumi Massaoudou |
| Succeeded by | Alkache Alhada |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 21 April 2011 – 26 February 2016 | |
| President | Mahamadou Issoufou |
| Prime Minister | Brigi Rafini |
| Preceded by | Aminatou Maïga Touré |
| Succeeded by | Aïchatou Boulama Kané |
| In office 25 February 1995 – 5 May 1996 | |
| President | Mahamane Ousmane |
| Prime Minister | Amadou Cissé |
| Preceded by | Abdourahmane Hama |
| Succeeded by | André Salifou |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office February 2005 – 2021 | |
| Constituency | unknown |
| In office 11 April 1993 – January 1995 | |
| Constituency | Tesker (special) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1960 Bilabrine, N'guigmi Cercle, French Niger |
| Political party | PNDS-Tarayya |
| Spouse | Hadiza Ben Mabrouk |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Cheikh Anta Diop University |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Ethnicity | Ouled Slimane Arab |
Mohamed Bazoum (Arabic: محمد بازوم, romanized: Muḥammad Bāzūm; born 1 January 1960) is a Nigerien politician who served as the 10th president of Niger from 2021 to 2023. He assumed office in April 2021 after winning the 2020–21 presidential election and surviving a coup d'état attempt. He was ousted in the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état by members of the presidential guard and the armed forces led by Abdourahamane Tchiani.
Before becoming president, he served as the president of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya). He also served in as a minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2011 to 2016. He was minister of State at the Presidency briefly in 2016 and was later appointed minister of State for the Interior between 2016 until his election as president in 2021, when he resigned to focus on running for the 2020–21 presidential election. Bazoum won the second round of the presidential election with 55.67% of the vote against former president Mahamane Ousmane.
Bazoum, a member of the Arab minority Ouled Slimane people, is the first Arab president of Niger in the country's history.