# Ide Oumarou

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{{Short description|Nigerien diplomat, government minister and journalist}}
{{one source|date=January 2020}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Ide Oumarou
| image       = Idé Oumarou.jpg
| order       = 5th
| office      = Secretary-general of the Organization of African Unity
| term_start  = 20 July 1985
| term_end    = 19 September 1989
| predecessor = Peter Onu
| successor   = [Salim Ahmed Salim](/source/Salim_Ahmed_Salim)
| birth_date  = 1937
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2002|2|12|1937|df=y}}
}}
'''Ide Oumarou''' (1937 – 12 February 2002) was a [Niger](/source/Niger)ien diplomat, government minister, and journalist. He served as ambassador to the  United Nations between 1980 and 1983.<ref name="Decalo1997">{{Cite book
|last=Decalo
|first=Samuel
|title=Historical Dictionary of the Niger (3rd ed.)
|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Boston & Folkestone
|year=1997
|isbn=0-8108-3136-8
}}{{rp|237}}</ref> He then served as the [foreign minister](/source/foreign_minister) between 1983 and 1985 and was [secretary-general](/source/secretary-general_of_the_Organization_of_African_Unity) of the [Organisation of African Unity](/source/Organisation_of_African_Unity) between 1985 and 1988. He was educated at the [Ecole William Ponty](/source/%C3%89cole_normale_sup%C3%A9rieure_William_Ponty) in Dakar and [IHEOM](/source/IHEOM) in Paris.  He was an editor and journalist at the Niger Ministry of Information, serving as editor of state paper ''Le Niger'' from 1961 to 1963.  He became director general of Information from 1963 to 1972, and then became director of Posts and Telecommunication for the Ministry.  Following the 1974 Nigerien Coup d'état, he became cabinet chief and assistant to Military Head of State [Seyni Kountche](/source/Seyni_Kountche), becoming a particularly close adviser.<ref name="Decalo1997" />

In July 1988, Oumarou was nominated to serve a second term as OAU General Secretary, but lost to Tanzania's [Salim Salim](/source/Salim_Salim).<ref name="Decalo1997" />
After the death of Kountche, Oumarou became a cabinet adviser to new president, General [Ali Saibou](/source/Ali_Saibou), who appointed him a Minister of State without portfolio.<ref name="Decalo1997" />  Also a successful author, Oumarou's first book, entitled ''Gros Plan'', won the 1978 ''Grand Prix Litteraire d' Afrique Francaise.''<ref name="Decalo1997" />

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Category:Nigerien diplomats
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