Brigi Rafini
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- The geomorphologic responses to hinge migration in the fault-related folds in the Southern Tunisian Atlas
· 2006 · cited 86x
- Synthesis of the structural evolution and associated gold mineralization of the Cadillac Fault, Abitibi, Canada
· 2017 · cited 69x
- Forward modelling of foreland basins progressive unconformities
· 2002 · cited 61x
- High potential for formation and persistence of chimeras following aggregated larval settlement in the broadcast spawning coral,
<i>Acropora millepora</i>
· 2011 · cited 59x
- Impact of Persistent Antiphospholipid Antibodies on Risk of Incident Symptomatic Thromboembolism in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
· 2011 · cited 43x
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Key facts
- President
- Mahamadou Issoufou
- Preceded by
- Mahamadou Danda
- Succeeded by
- Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou
- Born
- ( 1953-03-29 ) 29 March 1953 (age 73) , Iferouane , French West Africa , (now Niger )
- Party
- Nigerien Party for Democracy, and Socialism
- Alma mater
- National School of, Administration, Niamey, National School of Administration, Strasbourg
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Niger
- Place of birth
- Iférouane
- Occupation
- minister
- Educated at
- École nationale d'administration
- Political party
- Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Brigi Rafini - June 2012 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1953-04-07
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Encyclopedic overview
Brigi Rafini (born 29 March 1953) is a politician in Niger who served as the Prime Minister of Niger from 2011 to 2021. A native of Iférouane in Agadez Region and an ethnic Tuareg, Rafini was Minister of Agriculture in the late 1980s and Fourth Vice-President of the National Assembly of Niger from 2004 to 2009. He was appointed as prime minister after Mahamadou Issoufou took office as president on 7 April 2011. He is also notably the first Tuareg in office.
Career
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