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• President of Niger (2011-2021)
• Receipient, Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership 2020
• Founder, Mahamadou Issoufou Foundation for Peace and Security
• Grand Cross of the National Order of Niger
• Grand Cross of the Order of Legion d'Honor of France.
• Grand Cross of the Republic Order of Tunisia.

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Dr. Mahamadou Issoufou was democratically elected for two consecutive terms from 2011-2021.

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He honoured all peace agreements that had been signed with Tuareg rebels in northern Niger and immediately after his inauguration appointed a Tuareg, Brigi Rafini, as his prime minister. Issoufou also promised to continue efforts to counter the threat posed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghrib, an Algeria-based Islamic militant group that was active in North Africa and the Sahel region.

As his term progressed, he faced a larger threat from a different Islamic militant group, Boko Haram, which was based in neighbouring Nigeria and had begun launching attacks in Niger an