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Ali Saibou

1940 - 2011

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Ali Saibou (17 June 1940 – 31 October 2011) was the third President of Niger from 1987 to 1993 succeeding the deceased military ruler Seyni Kountché. A member of the Djerma people, he was born in Dingajibanda, a village in the Ouallam arrondissement. Although from Kountché's home village, Saibou is not a cousin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Saibou has received more than 71,811 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ali Saibou is the 6,050th most popular politician (up from 10,644th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Niger and the 6th most popular Nigerien Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ali Saibou ranks 6,050 out of 19,576Before him are Elizabeth Richeza of Poland, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, Mirjana Marković, Georgi Parvanov, Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, and Vladislav II of Wallachia. After him are José Maria Neves, Jin Youzhi, Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Gnaeus Pompeius, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, and Muazzez Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Ali Saibou ranks 120Before him are Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Just Jaeckin, Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, Max Mosley, Lei Feng, and Jerzy Buzek. After him are Jean-Luc Dehaene, Adel Emam, Mike Hailwood, Katharine Ross, Shozo Tsugitani, and Richard Pryor. Among people deceased in 2011, Ali Saibou ranks 80Before him are Michael Gough, Paul Baran, Vasily Alekseyev, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Michael Cacoyannis, and Sergei Bagapsh. After him are Raúl Ruiz, Jimmy Savile, Archduke Felix of Austria, Pinetop Perkins, Warren Christopher, and Lyudmila Gurchenko.

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In Niger

Among people born in Niger, Ali Saibou ranks 6 out of 26Before him are Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1009), Mamadou Tandja (1938), Mahamadou Issoufou (1952), Mohamed Bazoum (1960), and Hamani Diori (1916). After him are Seyni Kountché (1931), Abdourahamane Tchiani (1961), Mahamane Ousmane (1948), Daouda Malam Wanké (1946), Brigi Rafini (1953), and Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949).

Among POLITICIANS In Niger

Among politicians born in Niger, Ali Saibou ranks 6Before him are Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1009), Mamadou Tandja (1938), Mahamadou Issoufou (1952), Mohamed Bazoum (1960), and Hamani Diori (1916). After him are Seyni Kountché (1931), Abdourahamane Tchiani (1961), Mahamane Ousmane (1948), Daouda Malam Wanké (1946), Brigi Rafini (1953), and Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949).