Moussa Moumouni Djermakoye

Who is Moussa Moumouni Djermakoye?

Moussa Moumouni Djermakoye is a Nigerien politician who has been President of the Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress, a political party in Niger, since 2010. As a high-ranking army officer, he was Army Chief of Staff for a time and also briefly served as Minister of National Defense in 1999 as part of a transitional military regime. After retiring from the army and beginning a political career, he stood as the ANDP's candidate in the 2011 presidential election, winning only a small share of the vote. Since December 2011, he has been President of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of Niger.